They say that the lakes of Killarney are fair
No stream like the Liffey could ever compare,
If its water you want, you'll get nothing more rare
Than the stuff they make down by the ocean.
The sea, oh the sea is the gradh geal mo croide
Long may it stay between England and me
It's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free
Thank God we're surrounded by water.
Tom Moore made his "Waters" meet fame and renown
A great lover of anything dressed in a crown
In brandy the bandy auld Saxon he'd drown
But throw ne'er a one in the ocean.
The sea, oh the sea is the gradh geal mo croide
Long may it stay between England and me
It's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free
Thank God we're surrounded by water.
The Danes came to Ireland with nothing to do
But dream of the plundered auld Irish they'd slew,
"Yeh will in yer Vikings" said Brian Boru
And threw them back into the ocean.
The sea, oh the sea is the gradh geal mo croide
Long may it stay between England and me
It's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free
Thank God we're surrounded by water.
The Scots have their Whisky, the Welsh have their speech
Their poets are paid about ten pence a week
Provided no hard words of England they speak
Oh Lord, what a price for devotion.
The sea, oh the sea is the gradh geal mo croide
Long may it stay between England and me
It's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free
Thank God we're surrounded by water.
Two foreign old monarchs in battle did join
Each wanting his head on the back of a coin
If the Irish had sense they'd drowned both in the Boyne
And partition thrown into the ocean.
The sea, oh the sea is the gradh geal mo croide
Long may it stay between England and me
It's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free
Thank God we're surrounded by water.
