The West's Awake Songtext
von Dermot O’Brien

When All Beside A Vigil Keep
The West′s Asleep The West's Asleep
Alas And Well May Éireann Weep
When Connacht Lies In Slumber Deep
Their Lake And Plain Smile Fair And Free
Mid Rocks Their Guardian Chivalry
Sing Oh Let Man Learn Liberty
From Crashing Wind And Lashing Sea
For Often In O′Connor's Van
To Triumph Dashed Each Connacht Clan
And Fleet As Deer The Normans Ran
Through Corrsliabh Pass And Ardrahan


And Later Times Saw Deeds As Brave
And Glory Guards Clanricard's Grave
Sing Oh They Died Their Land To Save
At Aughrim′s Slopes And Shannon′s Wave
And If When All A Vigil Keep
The West's Asleep The West′s Asleep
Alas And Well May Éireann Weep
That Connacht Lies In Slumber Deep
But Hark A Voice Like Thunder Spake
The West's Awake The West′s Awake
Sing Oh Hurrah Let England Quake
We'll Watch Till Death For Éireann′s Sake