The Garden of Ireland
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In the Garden of Ireland
A Tribute to Katie Taylor © Mervyn Ennis & Tony Bardon In the Garden of Ireland There grows a new flower Where once our hopes clung to the Ivy In the days way back then We had no flag nor anthem Now we have both and we have Katie In the heart of the garden Our new flower grows Slender and graceful and true And now is the hour When it's within our power To be strong as the Nation renews Chorus So let's make Ireland a Garden Where we ‘all the fruits can enjoy’ Let us turn a new leaf Banish fear through belief With an attitude of never say die In the garden of Ireland A dream has come true Inspiring a new generation Restoring belief and pride To people who cried Outpouring love and affection In the heart of the garden There’s a beacon of light That shows that the dark cannot win Is it commitment or fate That opens Heaven's Gate To let the Golden Dawn in Chorus So, let our youth stride With spirit and with pride Exuding character strong Let our flag be unfurled With pride around the world To the strains of the Soldiers Song Repeat first verse |
Katie Taylor
Mervyn Ennis-LyricistMervyn wrote the lyrics to celebrate Katie Taylor's boxing win in the London Olympics in 2012. .He harks back to the days of another famous person from Wicklow, Charles Stewart Parnell whose symbol was the Ivy. The win came at an important time for Ireland we started to pick ourselves up after the ravages of the recession.
Mervyn Ennis is a native of Dublin and now lives in Saggart He has had his poetry recognised in Irish and British awards and in Irish, British, Italian and Australian publications. The form ranges from traditional to performance poems, from reflections of a frugal, rural childhood, to working alongside the Travellers as a community worker to experiences as head social worker in the Irish Military peacekeeping arena where he experienced at first hand the futility of war
Recorded at Contact Studios, Tallaght. Recording Engineer and Instrumentalist Gerry Horan. Backing Vocalist Danai Kelleher
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