Stand your ground

From Du-blin Pale to Con-nacht rain
Ed-ward's ban-ners crossed our plains
Stone by stone the cas-tles rose
But nev-er learned the names we spoke

Mun-ster fields and Ul-ster ground
Kept the old words, deep and sound

Hey - stand your ground, stand your ground
Hey - hear the old blood in the sound
Hands on steel, boots on stone
Hey - this land was ours a-lone

By fire-light and qui-et oaths
We held the line, we held it close
They wrote their laws in ink and flame
We sang the land back to its name

From Wick-low hills to Shan-non tide
We bent our backs, not our pride

Hey - stand your ground, stand your ground
Hey - hear the old blood in the sound
Hands on steel, boots on stone
Hey - this land was ours a-lone

Be-fore the crown - we stood
Be-fore the law - we could
Be-fore the king be-yond the sea
This land was ours - and free

Hey - stand your ground, stand your ground
Hey - let it roll, deep and round
Voic-es worn but hearts still strong
Hey - this land was ours a-lone

Ooooh - a-lone
Hey - stand your ground