A Nation Once Again

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[Verse 1]
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When boyhood's fire was in my blood
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I read of ancient freemen
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Of Greece and Rome who bravely stood
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Three hundred men and three men

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And then I prayed I yet might see
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Our fetters rent in twain
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And Ireland long a province be
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A nation once again

[Chorus]
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A nation once again, a nation once again
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And Ireland long a province be a nation once again

[Verse 2]
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And from that time through wildest woe
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That hope has shown a far light
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Nor could love's brightest summer glow
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Outshine that solemn starlight

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It seem to watch above my head
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Through foreign fields and fame
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It's angel voice sang 'round my bed
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A nation once again

[Chorus]
  G            C        Am          D
A nation once again, a nation once again
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And Ireland long a province be a nation once again

[Verse 3]
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So as I grew from boy to man
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I bent me to my bidding
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My spirit of each selfish plan
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And cruel passion ridding

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For thus I hope some day to wake
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Nor can such hope be vain
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When my dear country shall be made
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A nation once again

[Chorus]
  G            C        Am          D
A nation once again, a nation once again
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And Ireland long a province be a nation once again