Only our Rivers Run Free

When apples still grow in November When blossoms still bloom from each tree When leaves are still green in December It's then that our land will be free I wander her hills and her valleys And still through my sorrows I see A land that has never known freedom And only her rivers run free I drink to the death of her manhood Those men who'd rather have died Than to live in the cold chains of bondage To bring back their rights where denied Oh, where are you now when we need you? What burns where the flame used to be? Are you gone like the snows of last winter? And will only our rivers run free How sweet is the life but we're crying How mellow the wine but it's dry How fragrant the rose but it's dying How gentle the breeze but it sighs What good is in youth when it's aging? What joy is in eyes that can't see? When there's sorrow in sunshine and flowers And still only our rivers run free Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh --- Only Our Rivers Run Free - Wolfe Tones