The Gathering
For many years the Irish were forced out of their home
And like the wandering nomad’s they started to roam
In far foreign countries a living to find
With thoughts of their family’s and homes on their mind
America, Australia, and Great Britain, too
We’re glad of the Irish and what they could do
And in Argentina a man called Tom Brown
Said “Stand up like the Irish and don’t be put down.”
So in that great country so far far away
They still honour that man to this very day
And even in America the great USA
When their civil war started sure we had our say
As you see around the world we’re held in esteem
Sure there’s no place on earth that we haven’t been
We have our own problems as you understand
But when someone else calls we lend them a hand.
In sport or in business we have a great name
Our music and dancing sure it’s just the same
And be it at home or far far away.
The world wants to be Irish on Saint Patrick’s Day
Our poets and our scholars are also well known,
As they speak form the heart about country and home
So when you meet the Irish say it’s a soft day
For a smile and a handshake is the auld Irish way
The call has gone out to the Irish today
Please come home and help us this tax for us to pay
For the TD’s and bankers have brought us great shame
And almost destroyed the Irish good name
I know we can count on you all for to come
Just think of the people who won our freedom
Oh, Lord I think they would turn in their grave
And try to come back our country to save
The year of the gathering is 2013
Let’s make it the greatest anyone’s ever seen
With pride in our heart once again we’ll walk tall
So Cead Mile Failte to you one and all.
Joe Kennedy, 2013.
Joe Kennedy has written a poem for Coill Dubh’s Gathering festival on Saturday September 14 2013
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