Keep Us Safe

Keep us safe, keep us warm
Keep our children from all harm
Won’t you lay another place at the table
It won’t kill you to be kind
But it might just save our lives
Won’t you be our saving grace
Cos you promised to keep us safe
 
Our constitution makes it clear
All are cherished equally here
All are welcome without fear or favour
Still, you put us on these planes
Send us back to face our pain
Won’t you show your human face
Cos you promised to keep us safe
 
No one leaves home
Unless home is in the mouth of the shark
No one puts their children in boats
Unless the water’s safer than the land
No one burns their own palms[1]
 
We take care of your old
Deliver warm food in the cold
In time of plague we gave comfort to many
We move like ghosts through your hotel rooms
Drive your children to their schools
So won’t you open up the gates
Cos you promised to keep us safe
 
No one leaves home
Unless home is in the mouth of the shark
No one puts their children in boats
Unless the water’s safer than the land
No one burns their own palms
 
Keep us safe, keep us warm
Give us shelter from the storm
Won’t you lay another place at the table
It won’t kill you to be kind
But it might just save our lives
Won’t you be our saving grace
Cos you promised
Won’t you open up the gates
Cos you promised to keep us safe

Music & Words - Peter Sheekey

​Singing Language & Culture Alive Alive O! - Our 10th Christmas

​Show me the way to Amaryllis

​Listen and practice Molly Malone here:

​(Molly Malone) Language and Culture Alive Alive Oh! 
To the Ballybough Centre that’s where we went for
To meet all our friends and to study and chat.
We have the best teachers who smile when they meet us,
Singing language and culture alive alive oh!
Alive, alive oh, alive alive oh!
Singing language and culture and alive alive oh!
 
We learn lots with Eileen and Siobhan and Annie,
We have lots of fun with Nora and Jo.
We share all our stories and it’s never boring,
Singing language and culture, alive alive oh!
Alive, alive oh, alive alive oh!
Singing language and culture and alive alive oh!
 
We’ll meet in the New Year so happy to be here
With lots of fun learning and stories galore.
With so many cultures our school is a wonder,
Singing language and cultures alive alive oh!
Alive, alive oh, alive alive oh,
Singing language and culture and alive alive oh!

​Singlish Project

Our Singlish Choir was born in January 2025 with the idea of getting our members together to share a musical journey. Our target was to perform, with a few short weeks of pratice under the wonderful direction of  Morgan Crowley, at a fundraising event in the James Joyce Centre, Dublin on February 13 2025. This event was in support of the Hope & Ambition program, a trust -based philanthropy project backed by the Mount St Trust of which ILS is a member, and hoped to raise funds for a promo video for this program. Well done to all our singers!
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​First day of Singlish January 13th 2025 - already in great voice!

​Music Practice - Listen and practice:

Molly Malone:

:MOLLY MALONE LYRICS
 
(Remember rhythm is different & slower than original!!!)
 
 
TO THE BA – LLY BOUGH CENTRE   .    THAT’S WHERE WE WENT FOR
 
TO MEET OUR NEW FRIENDS AND TO STUDY – AND CHAT!!!
 
WE HAVE THE BEST TEACHERS – WHO SMILE WHEN THEY MEET US
 
SINGING LANGUAGE AND CULTURE – ALIVE ALIVE OH!!!
 
 
ALIVE ALIVE OH!   ALIVE ALIVE OH!
 
SINGING LANGUAGE AND CULTURE – ALIVE ALIVE OH!!!
 
 
WE’VE STARTED THE NEW YEAR – WE’RE HAPPY TO BE HERE
 
WITH LOTS OF FUN LEARNING AND STORIES GALORE
 
WITH SO MANY CULTURES, OUR SCHOOL IS A WONDER
 
SINGING LANGUAGE AND CULTURE – ALIVE ALIVE OH!!!
 
 
ALIVE ALIVE OH!   ALIVE ALIVE OH!
 
SINGING LANGUAGE AND CULTURE – ALIVE ALIVE OH!!!



OLÉ OLÉ:

OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ lyrics
 
 
OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ – OLÉ – the I.L.S. – OLÉ – the I.L.S we try L.S. to fly L.S.
 
 
OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ – OLÉ – the I.L.S. – OLÉ – we fly L.S.
 
 
OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ
 
 
OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ OLE – OLÉ – the I.L.S. – OLÉ - we fly L.S.
 
 
OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ OLE