O'r the green mountains and O'r the green valleys I've walked through the country And felt me an age A people so strong They resist for so long The boundaries that hold them Children can sing of the coming of Spring A young man can't defend What he knows to be wrong Women so strong Needing peace for so long The homelands lay broken So the refugee walks such a long lonely road As the weak will die off Make the young people old To redeem a whole country For selling its soul To the bastions of war So the refugee walks such a long lonely road As the weak will die off Make the young people old To redeem a whole country For selling its soul To the bastions of war Weep a fresh tear for the mass graves I fear won't be long As the young perish fast the land Wiping the tears from the young Gifted years, the millions lay down O'r the green mountains and O'r the green valleys I've walked through the country And felt me an age A people so strong They resist for so long The boundaries that hold them