Let the Light Shine On

1.

Let the light shine on,
Let the light shine on,
It is darkest just before the dawn,
Let it shine,
Let the light shine on.

2.

Ireland will be free,
Ireland will be free,
Ireland will again united be,
Let it shine,
Let the light shine on.

3.

For the struggle goes on,
For the struggle goes on,
In the name of many thousands gone
Let it shine,
Let the light shine on.

4.

Let the light shine on,
Let the light shine on,
For the generations yet unborn
Let it shine,
Let the light shine on.

Let it shine,
Let the light shine on,
Freedom light shine on.

Carole Rose Livingston
(c) 1985

Joe Doyle's

As I was a'walking to work one day,
On a bright and sunny morning,
I met a laddy upon his way,
And he was his mammy's darling.
He whistled a merry tune in the air,
He whistled it up to the sky,
His feet were a wonderful dancing pair,
And he had a twinkling eye.

"Oh, where are you going this fine summer day?
Oh, where are you going, my honey?
Oh, come with me to the fields to play,
And forget about earning money."
He caught my waist in both of his arms,
And his voice it rang with laughter,
And sure he had the most powerful charm,
For I've gone with him ever after.

1980
words & music by
Carole Rose Livingston
coopyright 1980

Ireland's Struggle Is Women's Struggle (round)

words & tune by
Carole Rose Livingston
(c) 1989

Oh Ireland's struggle is women's struggle
and women's struggle is Ireland's struggle,
the same struggle, the same struggle.

If You Lie Down

1.

If you
If you lie down
If you lie down on the ground,
If that's
If that's all that
If that's all that you can do,
Don't be
Don't be surprised
Don't be surpised if someone
Takes you for a carpet,
And walks all over you.

2.

Takes you for the roadway,
And rides roughshod over you.

3.

Takes you for a junkyard,
And throws garbage over you.

4.

Takes you for a meadow,
And plants daisies over you.

words & tune by
Carole Rose Livingston
(c) 1981 (July 9th)