The Last of the O’Neills

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Sailing through the black of night Lightning lights the road ahead The thunders crack, a cannon's roar Enough to wake the rebel dead And my uncle lies too still in bed And I too late to say goodbye And the last of the O'Neills Is headed back to Ireland [Chorus] No way to wake my uncle No way to wake my uncle No way to wake him now [Verse 2] Let us talk of brighter times When men in starched white uniforms Stood beside their blushing brides Stolen from a rich man's house And the lads from Bogside equallеd more Climbing ivy citadels And the last of thе O'Neills Would build a thousand of those houses [Chorus] No way to wake my uncle No way to wake my uncle No way to wake him now [Verse 3] But ah, for childhood's hopeful peace When cousins roamed in brotherhood When all that mattered was release And the paneled cabins' polished wood And the rum runners, they sailed the coast Chasing down the hurricanes And the last of the O'Neills Would drink a thousand flagons [Chorus] No way to wake my uncle No way to wake my uncle No way to wake him now [Verse 4] But now the sun is at the helm The waves they lap the starboard bow The tide has turned to overwhelm And still the roar political Row past Fisher's island one more time Out on the outgoing tide And the last of the O'Neills Is headed back to Ireland now [Chorus] No way to wake my uncle No way to wake my uncle No way to wake him now No way to wake my uncle No way to wake my uncle No way to wake him now