
Keep Dublin Strong
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Keep Dublin Strong
[Verse] The rivers run with whispers Through lanes of stone and clay Old Dublin town's a fortress Where hearts and hopes must stay If voices rise in protest Let iron answer back No more the English gentry shall tread upon our track [Verse 2] From mountains cold and distant To streets where children play The spirit of our fathers Won’t let the city sway Their hands built bridges sturdy Their voices filled the air Now we defend their legacy; injustice we won't bear [Chorus] Keep Dublin strong and standing No invader at our door The pride of Eire blazing Like it never has before Raise arms with iron courage Hearts fierce and cries aloud We'll burn the gates to ashes if foreign footsteps crowd [Verse 3] The moon she watches nightly As shadows prowl and creep But Dublin’s sons and daughters In steadfast vigil keep The fiddles cry for freedom The bodhran beats the call No king nor queen of foreign lands shall ever make us crawl [Bridge] One road leads to glory Another to despair Choose well My friend For Dublin And guard it with a prayer The English may be lords elsewhere But here they’ll find no peace We'll stand and fight for freedom 'til the chains of old release [Chorus] Keep Dublin strong and standing No invader at our door The pride of Eire blazing Like it never has before Raise arms with iron courage Hearts fierce and cries aloud We'll burn the gates to ashes if foreign footsteps crowd