Shadow Ireland

I found this song once upon a time on the ESAM A&S forum, [1]. Once I realized recently that the songs linked in that thread were no longer included in the drop box they were previously linked from, I set about recalling from memory the harmony that was added to the Garth Brooks classic to make this duet. If anyone has lyrics, or still has that previous audio recording, I would love to confirm if I recalled the lyrics accurately. Preformed, and presumably written by [Sean Carlton] and [Larin Moonstar].

Shadow Ireland:

They say mother earth is breathing

 They say that mother earth is grieving,

With each wave that finds the shore

 Wave Scoria(SP?) sings the shore,

Her soul rises in the evening

 Sleep won’t find her brow this evening

For to open twilight's door

 So she’ll open twilight’s door

Her eyes are the stars in heaven

 Her eyes search the stars in heaven

Watching o'er us all the while

 For the fire in his eyes

And her heart it is in Ireland

 And her heart is neigh in Ireland

Deep within the Emerald Isle

 No where on the emerald isle

We are forty against hundreds

 In 40 days that seemed like Hundreds,

In someone else's bloody war

 Since a man went off to war

We know not why were fighting

 On the dock she stood crying

Or what we're dying for

 Wondering what he’s leaving for

They will storm us in the morning

 Go and do what you must do dear

When the sunlight turns to sky

 Are the words that she did sigh

Death is waiting for its dance now

 He kissed her lips and then held her

Fate has sentenced us to die

 And in her eyes he saw her cry

Ireland I am coming home I can see your rolling fields of green And fences made of stone I am reaching out won't you take my hand I'm coming home Ireland

Oh the captain he lay bleeding

 In her nights she lay dreaming

I can hear him calling me

 Of what life’s supposed to be

These men are yours now for the leading

 She spends her waking hours daydreaming

Show them to their destiny

 Of what’s to be her destiny

As I look up all around me

 And she looks up all around her

I see the ragged tired and torn

 To see the haggard tired and torn

I tell them to make ready

 She tries to rest so she is ready

'Cause we're not waiting for the morn

 To face the coming morn

 Ireland won’t you bring him home
 To walk your rolling fields of green
 And fences made of stone
 won't you please reach out, take him by the hand
 And bring him home Ireland

Now the fog is deep and heavy

 As the fog lay thick and heavy

As we forge the dark and fear

 It’s been almost a year

We can hear their horses breathing

 Through the pain she forces breathing

As in silence we draw near

 As the time is drawing near

There are no words to be spoken

 There were no words to be spoken

Just a look to say good-bye

 Just a look into the sky

I draw a breath and night is broken

 She takes a breath as night is broken

As I scream our battle cry

 As we hear the baby cry

Ireland I am coming home I can see your rolling fields of green And fences made of stone I am reaching out won't you take my hand I'm coming home Ireland Yes I am home Ireland

We were forty against hundreds

 They were forty against hundreds