A Country On Its Knees Poem by Mai Murphy Venn

A Country On Its Knees

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A Country on Its Knees

Come, all you people of Ireland's green land,
Follow the march and give us a hand,
Let's rid of this Government once and for all,
Come on comrades and rally to the call.
They have taken our dignity, and our pride,
So let's join together and march side by side.
To the streets, we shall go, with banners held high,
'Down with water charges! ' is the motto we'll cry!
Kenny, your days are numbered so beware,
We don't want you as our leader, you don't care!
That smooth, fancy chatter won't help you anymore,
It won't be long now till you will be out of the Dáil door!
The citizens of Ireland are sick to their teeth,
In this rebellion, we will rise up on our feet,
It won't be the pike, the sword or cannon gun
But the votes of the people will put you on the run.
Now the farmers of Ireland have a voice to talk,
So they too are on the march and out on the walk.
This is our country where we each and all belong,
It's our so-called Government that did the wrong.
The times are changing; we are in for a revolution
Because we, the people, think it's the only solution.
Yes, we've had enough of hardship and oppression,
Of cutbacks, water and property tax, and depression.
Are they blind and gone stupid in the way they feel?
Tormenting the country through poverty unreal!
Wake up and look ‘round and tell what you see,
People have had their fill of austerity, now let us be.
The Fine Gael party has done so much harm,
Kenny has lost the people's trust with his false charm.
The Labour Party is dead and gone. Goodbye! Goodbye!
'We want a decent leadership! ' is the motto we'll cry!

By Mai Murphy Venn

Monday, November 24, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: country,sadness,slavery
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
this tell of how some of the working classes feel about a leadership that is very unfair of the people of Ireland with austerely
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Chinedu Dike 13 September 2020

Heartfelt patriotic rendition insightfully brought forth with conviction.

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Fabrizio Frosini 29 September 2015

'We want a decent leadership! ' yes, and not only in Ireland, Mai

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Ming Murphy 15 September 2015

Very true words

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Fabrizio Frosini 04 January 2015

Nice lines, Mai, filled with great passion. Un canto patriottico di grande intensità, che è quasi un manifesto politico :) // a patriotic song with such a degree of intensity that is almost a political manifesto Thanks for sharing

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