Give Ireland back to the Irish / Don’t make them have to take it away / Give Ireland back to the Irish / Make Ireland Irish today
Great Britain you are tremendous / And nobody knows like me / But really what are you doin’ / In the land across the sea
Tell me how would you like it / If on your way to work / You were stopped by irish soliders / Would you lie down do nothing? / Would you give in, or go berserk?
Give Ireland back to the Irish / Don’t make them have to take it away / Give Ireland back to the Irish / Make Ireland irish today
Great Britain and all the people / Say that people must be free / Meanwhile back in Ireland / There’s a man who looks like me
And he dreams of God and country / And he’s feeling really bad / And he’s sitting in a prison / Should he lie down do nothing? / Should give in, or go mad?
Give Ireland back to the Irish / Don’t make them have to take it away / Give Ireland back to the Irish / Make Ireland irish today
Give Ireland back to the Irish / Don’t make them have to take it away / Give Ireland back to the Irish / Make Ireland irish today
[By Paul McCartney – Linda McCartney © Apple Records / Emi, 1972]