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  1. thecolgan

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    does anyone else love this song???


    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 loved the town in oh so many ways

    For it's there I spent my childhood,and I found for me a wife,

    I then set out to make for her a life.

    Oh but all my young ambitions met with bitterness and hate,

    I found myself inside a prison gate.

    (chorus)

    And you dare to call me a terrorist,while you look down your guns,

    When I think of all the deeds that you have done.

    You have plundered many nations,divided many lands,

    You have terrorised our people,you ruled with your iron hand,

    And you brought this reign of terror to my land.



    Through those many months internment in the Maidstone and the Kesh

    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 although I love my country I am not a bitter man,

    I've seen cruelty and injustice at first hand.

    Then one cold and fateful morning I shook bold freedoms hand,

    For right or wrong I tried to free my land.

    (chorus)

    Then one cold October's morning trapped in a lion's den

    I found myself in prison once again,

    I was committed to the H-Blocks for fourteen years or more,

    On the blanket the conditions they were poor.

    Then a hungerstrike we did commence for the dignity of man,

    And it seemed to me that no-one gave a dam.

    Oh but now I am a saddened man I have watched my comrades die,

    If only people cared or wondered why.

    (chorus)

    Oh may * shine on you Bobby Sands for the courage you have shown,

    May your glory and your name be widely known,

    Then young 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 * my life is not in vain,

    Oh but sad and bitter was the year of 1981,

    When they think that we have lost and nothing won.

    IF U HAVENT HEARD IT LISTEN TO IT POWERFUL STUFF

    XXXXX
     
    thecolgan, Feb 1, 2009
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  2. ogairbhith

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    oh yes

    fathers blessing is also fantastic
     
    ogairbhith, Feb 1, 2009
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  3. 19-lisbon-67

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    Two brilliant songs. :50:
     
    19-lisbon-67, Feb 1, 2009
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    my favoutite rebel song of all time. always makes my hair stand on end even after all those years
     
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    personal favourite:icon_mrgreen:
     
    sheabhoy08, Feb 1, 2009
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  6. thecolgan

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    kisses at the end of a post, i must have been smashed
     
    thecolgan, Feb 1, 2009
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    its a good tune like
     
    GlasgowTim, Feb 1, 2009
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  8. T.J.THETIM95

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    my favourite except aiden mcanespie
     
    T.J.THETIM95, Feb 1, 2009
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  9. Henke.

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    I sang it on my CD Celtic Island.

    :bbpd:
     
    Henke., Feb 1, 2009
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    cracking song:50:
     
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    weird conicidence!I have it on now actually the Pilgrims version.!Great..really powerful stuff.
     
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    Henke., Feb 1, 2009
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    Yeah brilliant song, love it. Reminds me of being in the pub after the Phil O'Donnell game last year....brilliant day :celt_2:
     
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    the joe mcdonnell song has bacame abit of an anthem of the blanket men/hunger strike. . .

    One thing that bothers me is when people shout "oh yes i am". . .totally against the ethos of the song.
     
    St.Sixtus, Feb 2, 2009
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  16. St.Sixtus

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    written by Bobby Sands while in the h blocks. . .very emotional

    [YOUTUBE]http://youtube.com/watch?v=QInCOkzw9bM[/YOUTUBE]
     
    St.Sixtus, Feb 2, 2009
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  17. alsybhoy

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    a brilliant song...so is the h block song :50:
     
    alsybhoy, Feb 2, 2009
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  18. alsybhoy

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    a great song that the 1st time iv heard that:50:
     
    alsybhoy, Feb 2, 2009
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  19. St.Sixtus

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    St.Sixtus, Feb 2, 2009
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    Yip mate ,we spoke about it last year on another thread :50:
     
    kennydal, Feb 2, 2009
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