To Youth (My Sweet Roisin Dubh) - Flogging Molly
Tell me why must a man be of service
To his Lord and the Gods seldom high
From the grave sprang the name of our fathers
But there's no glint in a dead man's eye
Tell me why our fields filled with hunger
And fruitless the crop bittered soil
So I say my farewell to a nation
As the leaf waves goodbye to it's sun
So it's to youth I sing you this story
And it's of youth I sing it now
Like the train that derailed without warning
I must leave what I left far behind
So goodbye sweet Roisin Dubh I say goodbye
Tell me why must our grief still be grieving
For a language that never spoke it's loss
But this tongue spit with fire will tear down the barbwire
And rip the belly from the waxy ghost
So it's to youth I sing you this story
And it's of youth I sing it now
Like the train that derailed without warning
We must leave what we left far behind
So it's to youth I sing you this story
And it's of youth I sing it now
Like the train that derailed without warning
We must leave what we left far behind
So goodbye sweet Roisin Dubh I say goodbye
So goodbye sweet Roisin Dubh I say goodbye
Until we meet again until we meet again
Until we meet again she'll rise to beautify
But slumber now must rest o' my Roisin Dubh
I'll forever love the youth you once possessed
[00:00.00]To Youth (My Sweet Roisin Dubh) - Flogging Molly
[00:05.98]Tell me why must a man be of service
[00:08.58]To his Lord and the Gods seldom high
[00:12.22]From the grave sprang the name of our fathers
[00:15.03]But there's no glint in a dead man's eye
[00:18.63]Tell me why our fields filled with hunger
[00:22.16]And fruitless the crop bittered soil
[00:25.05]So I say my farewell to a nation
[00:28.30]As the leaf waves goodbye to it's sun
[00:31.28]So it's to youth I sing you this story
[00:34.59]And it's of youth I sing it now
[00:38.01]Like the train that derailed without warning
[00:41.07]I must leave what I left far behind
[00:44.35]So goodbye sweet Roisin Dubh I say goodbye
[00:54.39]Tell me why must our grief still be grieving
[00:57.18]For a language that never spoke it's loss
[01:00.46]But this tongue spit with fire will tear down the barbwire
[01:03.83]And rip the belly from the waxy ghost
[01:06.77]So it's to youth I sing you this story
[01:10.16]And it's of youth I sing it now
[01:13.43]Like the train that derailed without warning
[01:16.94]We must leave what we left far behind
[01:20.04]So it's to youth I sing you this story
[01:23.09]And it's of youth I sing it now
[01:26.75]Like the train that derailed without warning
[01:29.89]We must leave what we left far behind
[01:33.17]So goodbye sweet Roisin Dubh I say goodbye
[01:39.66]So goodbye sweet Roisin Dubh I say goodbye
[01:45.80]Until we meet again until we meet again
[01:52.45]Until we meet again she'll rise to beautify
[01:57.63]But slumber now must rest o' my Roisin Dubh
[02:03.79]I'll forever love the youth you once possessed