We are Irish Proud and strong Full of colour and knowledge Poetry and song We are Irish With faith in our flag Hyper-intelligence Completely mad And the juror would go on And the crack would go on And the drink would go on And on We have the language It shall never die For centuries and generations It's lived no matter what they've tried And the juror would go on And the crack would go on And the drink would go on And hopefully on ♪ The faith in our fathers The feelings of freedom No more sad faces The young are coming home So, rise up me lovely phoenix Rise from ashes below Make me heart swell with pride Let that out, captive tiger go So, the juror can go on So, the crack can go on So, the drink would go on And hopefully on ♪ We are Irish We are Irish So, proud to be Irish I am Irish