another great irish song
flight of earls by the
wolftones.The song is from
their Album Sing Out For
Ireland, 1987, the song was
written by Liam Reilly of
Bagatelle

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Flight of Earls
In 1607 the Catholic Irish
elite fled from Ireland for
the
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another great irish song
flight of earls by the
wolftones.The song is from
their Album Sing Out For
Ireland, 1987, the song was
written by Liam Reilly of
Bagatelle

Lyrics T -
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Flight of Earls
In 1607 the Catholic Irish
elite fled from Ireland for
the Protestants. Due to this
Flight of Earls the English
could easily confiscate the
abandoned estates.
This song refers to this
event, but instead of the
aristocracy the young well
educated people left Ireland
in the 1980's forced by high
unemployment rates and fear
for violence. After all All
we're missin' - is the
Guinness, and the rain.

Entire years of graduates
chartered planes to mainly the
United States during this
Brain Drain, therewith
thwarting the development of
Ireland. Tormented by
homesickness, or an itching
wallet, many of these
fortune-hunters are now
returning to their native
land.

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Flight of Earls
Title:
Flight of Earls
Lyrics by:
Liam Reilly
Recorded by:
Charlie and The Bhoys
and
The Wolfe Tones

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I can hear the bells of
Dublin
in this lonely waiting room
And the paperboys are singin'
in the rain
Not too long before they take
us
to the airport and the noise
To get on board
a transatlantic plane
We've got nothin' left to stay
for,
We had no more left to say
And there isn't any work for
us to do
So farewell ye boys and
girls;
Another bloody Flight of
Earls
Our best asset is our best
export, too....

It's not murder, fear or
famine
that makes us leave this time
We're not going to join
McAlpine's Fusileers
We've got brains, and we've
got visions; we've got
education, too!
But we just can't throw away
these precious years
So we walk the streets of
London,
And the streets of Baltimore
And we meet at night
in several Boston bars
We're the leaders of the
future
But we're far away from home
And we dream of you
beneath the Irish stars

As we look on Ellis Island,
and the Lady in the bay
And Manhattan turns to face
another Sunday
We just wonder what you're
doing
to bring us all back home
As we look forward to another
Monday
Because it's not the work
that scares us
We don't mind an honest job
And we know things will get
better
once again
So a thousand times adieu,
We've got Bono and U2
All we're missin'
is the Guinness, and the rain

So switch off your new
computers
cause the writing's on the
wall
We're leaving as our fathers
did before
Take a look at Dublin airport,
or the boat that leaves North
Wall
There'll be no Youth
Unemployment
any more
Because we're over here in
Queensland,
And in parts of New South
Wales
We're on the seas and airways
and the trains
But if we see better days,
Those big airplanes go both
ways
And we'll all be comin' back
to you again!



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