Irish traditional song lyrics — collected by Beer Belly Band.
Chorus:
The winds are singing freedom, they sing it everywhere
They sing it on the mountain side and in the city square
They sing of a new day dawning, when are people shall be free
Come and join our song of freedom, let it ring from sea to sea
In the battered streets of Belfast, you can hear the people cry
For justice long denied them and their crying fills the sky
But the winds of change are singing, bringing hope from dark despair
There’s a day of justice coming soon, you feel it in the air
Chorus
Too long our people suffered, in their misery and their tears
And foreign rulers used our land for about eight hundred years
It’s a long road has no turning and I know that soon we’ll see
There’s a day of justice dawning, when our people will be free
Chorus
There’s a time laid out for laughing, there’s a time laid out to weep
There’s a time laid out for sowing, there’s a time laid out to reap
There’s a time to love your brother, there’s a time for hate to cease
If you sow the seeds of justice, you can reap the fruits of peace
Chorus