I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and sky,

And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,

And the wheels kick and the winds song and the white sails shaking,

And a gray mist on the seas face and a gray dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again, for call of the running tide,

Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;

And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,

And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying,

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,

To the gulls way and the whales way where the winds like a whetter knife;

And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,

And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long tricks over.

                                                               John Masefield (1878-1967)

"Sail to a place thats unknown,

taken away from my friends and my home,

to a place they call sacred, a place I call hell,

I long for that corner I once knew so well." 

-Dropkick Murphys; "Far Away Coast"

"Rally Togeather, gather around,

The scent of a battle is near,

The cannon sounds, a new year begins,

Fear nothing now, the gangs all here."

-Dropkick Murphys; "Roll Call"

"His eyes they closed

and his last breath spoke

he had seen all to be seen

a life once full now an empty vase

wilt the blossoms on his early grave

Walk away me boys, walk away me boys,

and by morning we'll be free

wipe that golden tear from your mother dear,

and raise whats left of the flag for me."

-Flogging Molly; "Whats Left of the Flag"

"I remember it well,

still I always knew that she was destined to be my bride,

this woman had pride, she was full of life,

I could see the passion in her eyes,

she thought she found a man,

but she fell for the devil an evil monster in disguise

now I'll honor and obey, forever stay,

true to you my Irish rose."

-Dropkick Murphy's; "Upstarts and Broken Hearts"