Released: February 25, 1972
Songwriter: Paul McCartney Linda McCartney
Producer: Paul McCartney Linda McCartney
[Chorus]
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Don't make them have to take it away
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Make Ireland Irish today
[Verse 1]
Great Britain you are tremendous
And nobody knows like me
But really what are you doing
In the land across the sea
[Bridge 1]
Tell me how would you like it
If on your way to work
You were stopped by Irish soldiers
Would you lie down, do nothing?
Would you give in, or go berserk?
[Chorus]
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Don't make them have to take it away
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Make Ireland Irish today
[Verse 2]
Great Britain and all the people
Say that all people must be free
Meanwhile, back in Ireland
There's a man who looks like me
[Bridge 2]
And he dreams of god and country
And he's feeling really bad
And he's sitting in a prison
Say, should he lie down, do nothing?
Should he give in or go mad?
[Chorus]
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Don't make them have to take it away
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Make Ireland Irish today
[Chorus]
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Don't make them have to take it away
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Make Ireland Irish today
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Don't make them have to take it away
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Make Ireland Irish today
[Verse 1]
Great Britain you are tremendous
And nobody knows like me
But really what are you doing
In the land across the sea
[Bridge 1]
Tell me how would you like it
If on your way to work
You were stopped by Irish soldiers
Would you lie down, do nothing?
Would you give in, or go berserk?
[Chorus]
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Don't make them have to take it away
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Make Ireland Irish today
[Verse 2]
Great Britain and all the people
Say that all people must be free
Meanwhile, back in Ireland
There's a man who looks like me
[Bridge 2]
And he dreams of god and country
And he's feeling really bad
And he's sitting in a prison
Say, should he lie down, do nothing?
Should he give in or go mad?
[Chorus]
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Don't make them have to take it away
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Make Ireland Irish today
[Chorus]
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Don't make them have to take it away
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Make Ireland Irish today
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From the albums
- The Paul McCartney Collection (1993)
- Wild Life (Archive Collection) (2018)
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- Band on the Run
- Live and Let Die
- Jet
- Silly Love Songs
- My Love
- Let ’Em In
- Let Me Roll It
- Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
- Mull of Kintyre
- Dear Friend
- Arrow Through Me
- Hi, Hi, Hi
- Bluebird
- C Moon
- Maybe I’m Amazed (Live)
- Rock Show
- Mrs. Vandebilt
- Wild Life
- Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)
- With a Little Luck
- Listen to What the Man Said
- Give Ireland Back to the Irish
- Mamunia
- Junior’s Farm