[Verse 1]
Some say that the lakes of Killarney are fair
No stream like the LIffey could ever compare
If it's water you want you'll find nothing more rare
Then the stuff they make down by the ocean

[Chorus]
The sea, oh the sea, is the grá geal mo chroí
Long may it stay between England me
It's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free
Thank God we're surrounded by water

[Verse 2]
Tom Moore had his "Waters" meet fame and renown
A great lover of anything dressed in a crown
In brandy the bandy oul' Saxon he'd drown
And throw ne'er a drop into the ocean

[Chorus]
The sea, oh the sea, is the grá geal mo chroí
Long may it stay between England me
It's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free
Thank God we're surrounded by water

[Verse 3]
The Scotch have their whisky, the Welsh have their speech
Their poets are paid about tenpence a week
Provided no hard word on England they speak
Oh God what a price for devotion
[Chorus]
The sea, oh the sea, is the grá geal mo chroí
Long may it stay between England me
It's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free
Thank God we're surrounded by water

[Verse 4]
Ah the Danes came to Ireland with nothing to do
Except dream of the plundered oul' Irish they slew
"You will in your Viking" said Brian Boru
And he kicked 'em back into the water

[Chorus]
The sea, oh the sea, is the grá geal mo chroí
Long may it stay between England me
It's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free
Thank God we're surrounded by water

[Verse 5]
Oh two foreign monarchs in battle did join
Each seeing their heads on the back of a coin
If the Irish had sense they'd drown both in the Boyne
And partition throw into the ocean

[Chorus]
The sea, oh the sea, is the grá geal mo chroí
Long may it stay between England me
It's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free
Thank God we're surrounded
Thank God we're surrounded
Thank God we're surrounded by water