De Valera Lyrics

De Valera.I remember the day De Valera he diedMy father he just broke down and he criedHe wept like a baby for Dev was his prideBut I shed no tears it held me no fearFor a man of our timeNow dev was a hero at Easter ?16He held Boland?s mill for the orange and greenHe was sentenced to die with Pearse and McBrideBut his birth far away let him fight another dayLucky man of our timesChorusHe was loved he was hated he was cherished despisedThere were rivers of tears when the chieftain he diedBut love him or hate him I cannot decideWhat to make of old Dev this man of our timesWhen I was in school Christian brothers were cruelTo live off the land to be scarce was the ruleAnd we fled in our droves to the emigrant boatsWe weren?t free yet and we questioned respectFor a man of our timeMy parents were poor and the cupboard was bareYou can?t feed a child on a dream or a prayerBut the boys in Dail hÉireann got rich as we pinedThey were led by the chief and we had no relieffrom a man of our timesChorusNow Spain had it?s Franco and France it?s De GaulleWe had our Dev and god rest his soulBut history will judge on the man form BrureeDe Valera?s lost dream a nation unfreeIt?s the shame of our timeChorus