[Verse 1] [M] In eighteen-oh-one, they shut the door [F] Took the green book from the floor [M] Great Britain and Ireland locked as one [F] And the old voice said, “We’re not done” [M] No Dublin bench for our own canes [F] No hush in the rooms, no vote in the names [Pre-Chorus] [M] But ash in the lane still kept a spark [F] Under the rain and under the dark [M] One thin flame in the paper cold [F] Waiting for hands to turn it bold [Chorus] [M] Easter Rising, hear it ring [F] Easter Rising, let it sing [M] From the stone to the street [F] From the fear to the beat [M] Easter Rising, hear it ring [F] Easter Rising, let it sing [Verse 2] [F] In nineteen-sixteen, the rifles spoke [M] GPO doors in smoke and choke [F] They stood in the post office, straight and grave [M] Then death made martyrs of the brave [F] After the firing, the silence cracked [M] And the people came back, and the people looked back [Pre-Chorus] [F] What was scorned became a name [M] What was buried rose again [F] Every window, every street [M] Learned the rhythm of marching feet [Chorus] [M] Easter Rising, hear it ring [F] Easter Rising, let it sing [M] From the stone to the street [F] From the fear to the beat [M] Easter Rising, hear it ring [F] Easter Rising, let it sing [Bridge] [M] Then came the treaty, nineteen twenty-one [F] A new flag sewn, but the war wasn’t done [M] Six counties stayed where the north wind blows [F] And the border line still cuts and grows [M] Free State dawned on a shaken shore [F] Northern Ireland stayed with the crown’s old door [Chorus] [M] Easter Rising, hear it ring [F] Easter Rising, let it sing [M] From the stone to the street [F] From the fear to the beat [M] Easter Rising, hear it ring [F] Easter Rising, let it sing [Outro] [M] Four green counties, one green song [F] History hurts, but it travels on [M] In the ash and rain, the old dreams stay [F] Ireland lives in the carrying day
