Rule 23 - Birds Of A Feather - Fish in a Birdcage

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[Verse]
             
She was born b

              
y the sea, her

       
 father bounce

d her on his k

nee,
             
While he share

              
d past stories

       
 of grandeur,
            
That would dan

ce inside her 

head,
             
Every night wh

              
ile tucked in 

             
bed, same tale

             
s, different a

  
ctor
             
There were cos

              
tumes on the f

              
loor, she'd us

    
e a wooden sti

ck and board,
             
To vanquish th

              
e foes that we

      
re after,

All them stuff

ed up toys,
             
That were stic

              
king round by 

              
choice they we

             
re family in t

          
his together
             
When she grew 

              
like a tree, s

              
he sought out 


bonny company,
             
Built the fine

              
st crew you co

        
uld ask for,
          
They were brav

e and sturdy l

ads,
             
That remind he

              
r of dad, back

             
 to back, bird

          
s of a feather

[Chorus]
             
Ah di ah hi di

             
 oh a voyage f

       
or the soul
             
Back to back, 

          
Birds of a fea

 
ther

[Verse]
             
With a scaled 

              
down graph, he

     
r husband did 

the math,
             
On a course to

             
 have the adva

  
ntage,
             
Cause the Brit

              
ish they were 

          
smart but didn

't
              
Have the heart

             
 of our strong

            
 Irish compani

ons
             
They can write

              
 shoddy laws, 

     
and try to buy

 her off,
             
But they'll ne

              
ver own what w

      
e have here,
             
A solidarity w

             
ithin familiar

             
 seas, cause w

              
e are one in t

       
he thousands

[Chorus]
             
Ah di ah hi di

             
 oh a voyage f

       
or the soul
             
Back to back, 

          
Birds of a fea

 
ther
             
Ah di ah hi di

             
 oh a voyage f

       
or the soul
             
Back to back, 

          
Birds of a fea

 
ther

[Verse]
             
She'd defend h

              
er name, as th

     
e cannon shots

 and flames,
             
Tried to deter

              
 what she is a

   
fter,
             
And although s

he lost lost h

er love,
             
No she's never

              
 givin up, to 

             
these tyrant, 

             
dirty ol basta

   
rds
             
We would charg

              
e as a pack, y

         
ou could never

 hold us back,
             
We are fierce 

              
and grew with 

        
each battle,

It etched insi

de our veins,
             
The hardships 

              
that we've gai

             
ned, we've bec

             
ome a myth unr

    
aveled

[Chorus]
             
Ah di ah hi di

             
 oh a voyage f

       
or the soul
             
Back to back, 

          
Birds of a fea

 
ther
             
Ah di ah hi di

             
 oh a voyage f

       
or the soul
             
Back to back, 

          
Birds of a fea


ther

[Verse]
             
Those final da

           
ys, in the cas

tle she had cl

aimed,
             
She drew the s

              
word that had 

       
brought her,
        
Through countl

ess victories,
             
That she survi

              
ved to see, in

             
 the tales of 

           
her own grande

ur

[Chorus]

             
Ah di ah hi di

             
 oh a voyage f

      
or the soul
             
Back to back, 

          
Birds of a fea

 
ther
             
Ah di ah hi di

             
 oh a voyage f

       
or the soul
             
Back to back, 

          
Birds of a fea


ther
             
Back to back, 

          
Birds of a fea


ther
             
Back to back, 

          
Birds of a fea


ther