Only Our Rivers Run Free chords by Planxty

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Verse 1
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When apples still
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grow in November
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When blossoms still grow
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from each tree
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When leaves are still green
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in December,
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It's then that our land will be free.
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I wander her hills and valleys,
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And still through my sorrow I see
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A land that has never
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known freedom,
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And only her rivers run free.
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I drink to the death of
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her manhood,
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Those men who would rather have died,
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Than to live in the cold chains of bondage,
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To bring back their rights were denied.
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Oh, where are you now
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when we need you?
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What burns where the flame used to be?
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Are you gone like the
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snows of last winter
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And will only our rivers run free?
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How sweet is life, but we're crying
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How mellow the wine that were dry,
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How fragrant the rose, but it's dying,
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How gentle the wind but it sighs
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What good is in youth when it's aging?
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What joy is an eye that can see,
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When there's sorrow and
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sunshine and  flowers,
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And still only our rivers run free.
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