May the Road Rise with You

MAY THE ROAD RISE WITH YOU / go N-éiri an bóthair leat

V1. We are a tribe that has wandered the world,

-whether through choice or not at all.

But there’s one cause that bids us gather in one place,

-that’s to answer Irelands’ call.

Br1 The journey’s been long,

But we’ve remained strong,

-though disappointments be-set our way..

CH. May the road rise with you,

Go N-éiri an bóthair leat : (phonetically: go nie-ree an bowher lat)

May you succeed in everything you do…

And if we win or lose,

-we’ll sing a song for Ireland,

‘cos if we’re still singin’ then we’re still kinda winnin’ too!

V2. From the banks of the places that we’ve made home-

The Thames; The Hudson; The Charles; Clyde and Mersey,

We flow out across the wild raging foam,

-from The Shannon, The Liffey and The Lee.

Br2 We’ve come so far, -despite the odds,

And now here we are,

So now: what ever does be then will be..

CH. May the road rise with you,

Go N-éiri an bóthair leat : (phonetically: go nie-ree an bowher lat)

May you succeed in everything you do…

And if we win or lose,

-we’ll sing a song for Ireland,

‘cos if we’re still singin’ then we’re still kinda winnin’ too!

M8. And she’s in our hearts,

Wherever we roam…

/wherever we wander wild and free!

-The bewildering Emerald,

That we all call home.

So, come on lads- let’s change our destiny!

V3. Galway, Limerick,

Cork, Waterford,

Dublin, Belfast,

Derry, Glasgow,

Liverpool, Manchester,

Birmingham, London,

Boston, Chicago,

New York - the whole wide world!

Br3 So whatever befalls ye:

-we’ll sing a come-all ye,

-we’ll let the very heavens ring! - let’s hear ya sing!

CH. May the road rise with you,

Go N-éiri an bóthair leat : (phonetically: go nie-ree an bowher lat)

May you succeed in everything you do…

And if we win or lose,

-we’ll sing a song for Ireland,

‘cos if we’re still singin’ then we’re still kinda winnin’ too!

(Le chéile -go hard!)

CH. May the road rise with you,

Go N-éiri an bóthair leat : (phonetically: go nie-ree an bowher lat)

May you succeed in everything you do…

And if we win or lose,

-we’ll sing a song for Ireland,

‘cos if we’re still singin’ then we’re still kinda winnin’ too!

You know it’s true!

(6.57)

(Luvverly lead guitar by Heggarty / feedback racket by O’Keeffe)

Note: Marie McCormack actually plays the Tin Whistle

Stephen Gara actually plays the Uilleann (Irish) pipes

& Pete Doherty & Gareth Smith both actually play the Bodhrán (the Irish hand drum)

- but this online yoke doesn't have them as choices & you can't enter anything manually... :-/