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Verse 1

Walking all the day

 Near tall towers where falcons build their nests

Silver-winged they fly

 They [em]know the [bm]call of freedom in their breasts

Saw Black Head against the sky

 Where twisted [bm]rocks they run down to the sea

Chorus

Living on your western shore[bm]

 [bm]Saw summer sunsets, asked for more

I stood by your Atlantic Sea

 And [em]sang a [bm]song for Ireland

Verse 2

Drinking all the day

In old pubs where fiddlers love to play

Saw one touch the bow

He played a reel which seemed so grand and gay

Stood on Dingle Beach and cast

In wild foam we found Atlantic bass

Chorus

Verse 3

Talking all the day

With true friends who try to make you stay

Telling jokes and news

Singing songs to pass the time away

Watched the Galway salmon run

Like silver dancing, darting in the sun

Chorus

Verse 4

Dreaming in the night

I saw a land where no one had to fight

Waking in your dawn

I saw you crying in the morning light

Sleeping where the falcons fly

They twist and turn all in your air-blue sky

Chorus