And if, when all a vigil keep The West's asleep! the West's asleep! Alas! and well may Erin weep That Connacht lies in slumber deep But, hark! a voice like thunder spake The West's awake! the West's awake! Sing, Oh! Hurrah! let England quake We'll watch till death for Erin's sake (Instrummental) (A Nation Once Again) When boyhood's fire was in my blood I read of ancient freemen, For Greece and Rome who bravely stood, Three hundred men and three men; And then I prayed I yet might see Our fetters rent in twain, And Ireland, long a province, be. A Nation once again! Chorus: A Nation once again, A Nation once again, And lreland, long a province, be A Nation once again! A Nation once again, A Nation once again, And lreland, long a province, be A Nation once again!