Let A Father Stand By His Son Lyrics - Original Broadway Cast

DONAL 

Grania's child, of course, friends 

Has another parent 

Humbled in remorse, friends 

Shamed as he was errant 

Please let a father 

Stand by his son 

Mock me with your cheer, lads 

Salt my wounds with slander 

Have you not a tear, lads 

For your old commander? 

Please let a father 

Stand by his son 

As he grows 

Through the years 

Will my name 

Be unknown? 

Grania, you 

Know what a father can mean 

Is your heart made of stone? 

Grania, for the child's sake 

On this day of Christ'ning; 

Please let a father 

Stand by his son 

GRACE 

I suppose 

My obligation is clear 

Perhaps 

You have the right to be here 

I dismissed the husband 

Cursed by his sin 

The father, though 

May come in 

(English attack. Battle sounds, as lib screams, gun shots) 

DONAL 

Fool! 

Did you think I'd lie down 

Let a woman prevail 

Be dismissed on command?! 

GRACE 

Fool 

That I thought you could change! 

In one final betray'l 

Now you've turned on your land 

Now, what will come of our ways? 

Now, what will happen to Eoin...? 

DONAL 

Now, with my boy, I'll restore 

Clan O'Flaherty's sway 

Once the English have won! 

GRACE 

No! 

Tiernan, steal him away! 

Keep that beast from my boy! 

Save my child, save my son! 

BINGHAM 

Cut 

One throat and down it goes; 

Clans 

Collapse like dominoes 

Now you see 

How the game's played, your Majesty 

Across this land 

It will play out the same, your Majesty 

And when 

I give this land to you 

I'll kneel 

And you'll know what to do 

(music to the ending)