This Is Ireland

This is Ireland Patchwork of green and brown Leprechauns dance When darkness comes down Thatched rooves Woolen jumpers and drink What a place to just sit back and think It's past is chequred With tales of brutal domination Olde England's charm Withered the entire population But Ireland prevailed And created the free state A victory of sorts As many still hate We had our boom Our sustained economic growth The building trade mainly Kept ship Ireland afloat Our bubble did burst As many foretold But noone paid heed All blinded by gold We're struggling again Just to make ends meet Family after family Turned out on the street The governmental excuses Are all worn thin Old Ireland is hit And she's slowly sinking But what of all who done us all wrong Justice is around the corner Yea but the road will be long The status quo is still intact Drown the Celtic Tiger To save the fat cat