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
more tracks from the album
The Paul McCartney Collection
- Bip Bop (Link)
- One More Kiss
- Mrs. Vandebilt
- Country Dreamer
- Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
- Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)
- Helen Wheels
- Mamunia
- Let Me Roll It
- When The Night
- Single Pigeon
- My Love
- Big Barn Bed
- Mama’s Little Girl
- Mary Had a Little Lamb
- Little Woman Love
- C Moon
- The Mess (Live in The Hague)
- Mumbo (Link)
- Medley: Hold Me Tight/Lazy Dynamite/Hands of Love/Power Cut
- Loup (1st Indian on the Moon)
- Hot As Sun/Glasses
- Kreen-Akrore
- Valentine Day
- Momma Miss America
- Singalong Junk
- Mumbo
- No Words
- Little Lamb Dragonfly
- I Lie Around
- Get on the Right Thing
- Dear Friend
- Tomorrow
- Oh Woman, Oh Why
- Ram On
- 3 Legs
- Teddy Boy
- Oo You
- Man We Was Lonely
- Junk
- Every Night
- That Would Be Something
- The Lovely Linda
- Give Ireland Back to the Irish
- Hi, Hi, Hi
- Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey
- Maybe I’m Amazed
- Too Many People
- Dear Boy
- Smile Away
- Another Day
- The Back Seat of My Car
- Ram On (Reprise)
- Bluebird
- I Am Your Singer
- Long Haired Lady
- Some People Never Know
- Wild Life
- Jet
- Eat at Home
- Love is Strange
- Monkberry Moon Delight
- Bip Bop
- Heart of the Country
- Band on the Run
From the albums
- The Paul McCartney Collection (1993)
- Wild Life (Archive Collection) (2018)
Paul McCartney & Wings popular songs
- 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