Irish Song Lyrics 
from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
Father's Blessing 
Children's laughter children tears Childish joys of childhood years Are just memories of our once happy home Its not death that brings the pain I would face it all again But it grieves me so to leave you all along 
Do the wee ones still sigh when they hear their daddy's name Do they sadly ask you why I won't be home again How hard it is to know I'll never see them grow Let my dying bring for them a better land 
May they never know the fears That blighted my young years Of the shackles that have bound my native land May they see the joy of life And not cruel civil strife Foreign laws imposed by brutal strangers hands 
Let them grow in love and truth Let them blossom into youth Guided by their mother's loving hand Let them cherish Ireland's pride For this Joe McDonnell died Let them know their father loved them and his land