A Nation Once Again

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When boyhoods fire was in my blood,
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 I read of ancient free men
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For Greece and Rome who bravely 
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stood 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 Provence be a 
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nation once again

[CHORUS]
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A nation once again, a nation 
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once again
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And Ireland long a Provence be a 
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nation once again


[VERSE 2]
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And from that time through wildest 
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woe that hope has shone a far light
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Nor could loves brightest summer 
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glow outshine that solemn starlight
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It seemed to watch above my head in
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 forum, field and fane
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Its angel voice sang round my bed 
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a nation once again

[CHORUS]
  D           G        Em        
A nation once again, a nation 
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once again
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And Ireland long a Provence be a 
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nation once again


[VERSE 3]
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It whispered to that freedoms ark 
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and service high and holy
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Would be prepared my feelings dark 
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and passions vain or lowly
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For freedom comes from God’s right 
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hand and needs a godly train
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And righteous men must make our 
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land a nation once again

[CHORUS]
  D           G        Em        
A nation once again, a nation 
   A
once again
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And Ireland long a Provence be a 
D      A     D
nation once again


[VERSE 4]
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So as I grew from boy to man I 
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bent me to that bidding
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My spirit of each selfish plan and 
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cruel passion ridding
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For thus I hope some day to aid oh 
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can such hope be vain
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When my dear country should be 
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made a nation once again

[CHORUS]
  D           G        Em        
A nation once again, a nation 
   A
once again
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And Ireland long a Provence be a 
D      A     D
nation once again