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Wolfe Tones

The Wolfe Tones are an Irish rebel music band that incorporates elements of Irish traditional music in their songs. more »

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Oh me name is Joe McDonnell, from Belfast town I came 
That city I will never see again 
For in the town of Belfast I spent many happy days 
I love that town in oh so many ways 
For it's there I spent my childhood and found for me a wife 
I then set out to make for her a life 
but all my young ambitions met with bitterness and hate 
I soon found myself inside a prison gate 

And you dare to call me a terrorist 
While you look down your gun 
When I think of all the deeds that you have done 
You have plundered many nations, divided many lands 
You have terrorized their peoples 
You ruled with an iron hand 
And you brought this reign of terror to my land 

Through those many months internment in the Maidstone and the Maze 
I thought about my land throughout those days 
Why my country was divided, why I was now in jail 
Imprisoned without crime or without trial 
And though I love my country, I am not a bitter man 
I've seen cruelty and injustice at first hand 
So then one faithful morning, I shook bold freedom's hand 
For right or wrong I tried to free my land 

And you dare to call me a terrorist 
While you look down your gun 
When I think of all the deeds that you have done 
You have plundered many nations, divided many lands 
You have terrorized their peoples 
You ruled with an iron hand 
And you brought this reign of terror to my land 

Then one cold October's morning trapped in a lion's den 
And I found myself in prison once again 
I was committed to the H-Blocks for fourteen years or more 
And the "blanket" the conditions they were poor 
Then a hunger strike we did commence, for the dignity of man 
But it seemed to me that no one gave a damn 
But now I am a saddened man, I've watched my comrades die 
If only people cared or wondered why 

And you dare to call me a terrorist 
While you look down your gun 
When I think of all the deeds that you have done 
You have plundered many nations, divided many lands 
You have terrorized their peoples 
You ruled with an iron hand 
And you brought this reign of terror to my land 

May God shine on you, Bobby Sands for the courage you have shown 
May your glory and your fame be widely known 
And Francis Hughes and Ray McCreesh who died unselfishly 
And Patsy O'Hara, and the next in line is me 
And those who lie behind me, may your courage be the same 
And I pray to god my life was not in vain 
And though sad and bitter was the year of 1981 
All was not lost, but it's still there to be won

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