Letras de For What Died the Sons of Róisín

For what died the sons of Róisín?
Was it fame?
For what died the sons of Róisín?
Was it fame?
For what flowed Ireland′s blood in rivers that began
When Brian chased the Dane
And it did not cease nor has not ceased
With the brave sons of '16?
For what died the sons of Róisín?
Was it fame?
For what died the sons of Róisín?
Was it greed?
For what died the sons of Róisín?
Was it greed?
Was it greed that drove Wolfe Tone
To a martyr′s death in a cell of cold wet stone?
Will German, French or Dutch inscribe the epitaph of Emmet
When we've sold enough of Ireland to be but strangers in it?
For what died the sons of Róisín?
Was it greed?
To whom do we owe our allegiance today?
To whom do we owe our allegiance today?
To those brave men who fought and died
That Róisín live again with pride
Her sons at home to work and sing
Her youths to dance and make her valleys ring?
Or the faceless men who for Mark and the Dollar
Betray her to the highest bidder?
To whom do we owe our allegiance today?
For what suffer our patriots today?
For what suffer our patriots today?
They have a language problem so they say
How to write "No Trespass" must grieve their heart full sore
We got rid of one strange language
Now we're faced with many, many more
For what suffer our patriots today?