To Youth

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Tell me why must a man be of service
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To his lord and the god seldom high
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From the grave spring the name of 
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our fathers
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But there's no glint in a dead 
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man's eye
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Tell me why are our fields filled 
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with hunger
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And fruitless the crop bitter soil
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So I say my farewell to a nation
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As the leaf waves goodbye to it's so

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So it's to youth I sing you this 
story
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And it's of youth I sing it now
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Like the train that derails without 
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warning
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I must leave what I left far behind
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So goodbye, sweet Roisin Dubh
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I say goodbye  (C D G)3x

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Tell me why must our peace be this 
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puzzle
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That fractures the land, splinters 
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war
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The last nails cite the shame in our
 coffin
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But in the end we must all die alone

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So it's to youth I sing you this 
story
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And it's of youth I sing it now
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Like the train that derails without 
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warning
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I must leave what I left far behind
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So goodbye, sweet Roisin Dubh
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I say goodbye  (C D G)3x

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And the bark fell from tree
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To the ground that they'll bleed
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On the anguish that never learned 
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to shout
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With the clash of the drum
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We'll surrender the gun
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and on this sadness we shall no 
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longer speak
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Until time can live on our all 
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forgotten songs
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That's when I and we will sing again
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So goodbye to my love, my sweet 
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Roisin Dubh
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Goodbye now until we meet again  (C 
D G)3x



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Tell me why must our grief still be
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 grieving
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For a language that never spoke 
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it's loss
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But this tongue speak with fire 
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will tear down the barb wire
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And Rip the belly from the waxy 
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ghost
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So it's to youth I sing you this 
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story
           C                G
And it's of youth I sing it now
           C                       
Like the train that derails without
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 warning
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We must leave what we left far 
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behind

           C                    
So it's to youth I sing you this 
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story
           C                G
And it's of youth I sing it now
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Like the train that derails without
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 warning
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We must leave what we left far 
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behind
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So goodbye, sweet Roisin Dubh, I 
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say goodbye (C D G)
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So goodbye, sweet Roisin Dubh, I 
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say goodbye (C D G)
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Until we meet again
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Until we meet again
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Until we meet again, she arrives to 
beautify
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But slumber now must rest
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Oh my Roisin Dubh
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I'll forever love
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The youth you once possessed