Irish Song Lyrics 
from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
Surrounded By Water Dominic Behan 
They say that the lakes of Killarney are fair That no stream like the Liffey can ever compare If it's water you want you'll find nothing more rare Than the stuff they make down by the ocean 
The sea, oh the sea is the gradh geal mo croide Long may it stay between England and me It's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free Oh! thank God we're surrounded by water 
Tom Moore made his waters meet fame and renown A great lover of anything dressed in a crown In brandy the bandy old Saxon he'd drown But throw ne'er a one into the ocean 
The sea, oh the sea is the gradh geal mo croide Long may it stay between England and me It's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free Oh! thank God we're surrounded by water 
The Scots have their whisky, the Welsh have their speech And their poets are paid about ten pence a week Provided no hard words on England they speak Oh Lord! What a price for devotion! 
The sea, oh the sea is the gradh geal mo croide Long may it stay between England and me It's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free Oh! thank God we're surrounded by water 
The Danes came to Ireland with nothing to do But dream of the plundered old Irish they slew "Yeh will in your Vikings", said Brian Boru And threw them back in the ocean 
The sea, oh the sea is the gradh geal mo croide Long may it stay between England and me It's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free Oh! thank God we're surrounded by water 
Two foreign old monarchs in battle did join Each wanting their head on the back of a coin If the Irish had sense they'd drown both in the Boyne And Partition throw into the ocean 
The sea, oh the sea is the gradh geal mo croide Long may it stay between England and me It's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free Oh! thank God we're surrounded by wate