set out from the doorin shore in the shallows a calm had spread from the north to the south shoals a dot on the endless sky the storm came upon our sights tomorrow will come but not for you young ones no i won t heed your warn i ll battle the wave and the storm i ll stand alone in cobh we spent the night sate with abbots ale lay down with a lass alas my eyes did fail on the road the following morn the robbers came upon nay warning mates made for the trees left me on my knees i ll not cede this gold i ve come too far to roll i ll stand alone settled on the shores adare the place that i was born the past had left me bare no will to fight any more the brigands rang the bell ships came in without warning the years that i was brave the soldiers and the slave the battle lay for me now i know not where nor how ill stand alone ill stand alone ill stand alone ill stand alone