Wolfe Tones - The Grandfather lyrics

Chorus We could be as free as the wild flowers on the mountains As the birds upon the ocean, as the waves upon the sand Come the winters gale, lets set the wheels in motion Rise up my friends and countrymen come join along with me. Build the mountain high, blossom with integrity Problems never die, without answering the cause Well set the hills and ablaze with words of revolution The beauracrats amaze the birds have flown their cage Chorus But friends are acting strange, my mother has forsaken me The men in black have spoken with an awful evil tongue That man who speaks the words of love and understanding Has turned my humbled frame to the darkness of its fire. -G But will you come with me to the bu*tercups and daisies Over hills and mountains beneath the sky above The earth can be our truth when the truth has been our sorrow So rise my friends and countrymen come join along with me. In union there is strength, well find our strength in numbers Lets organize ourselves into a powerful band Is it difficult to see this worlds so ill divided Is it hard for you and me to face these problems all