How many more must die now how many must we lose Before the island people their own destiny can choose From immortal Robert Emmet to Bobby Sands MP Who was given thirty thousand votes while in captivity
No more he'll hear the lark's sweet notes upon the Ulster air Or gaze upon the snowflake to calm his deep despair Before he went on hunger strike young Bobby did compose The Rhythm of Time, The Weeping Wind and The Sleeping Rose
He was a poet and a soldier he died courageously And we gave him thirty thousand votes while in captivity
Thomas Ashe gave everything in 1917 The Lord Mayor of Cork, McSwiney, died freedom to obtain Never a one of all our dead died more courageously Than Bobby Sands from Twinbrook the people's own MP
He was a poet and a soldier he died courageously And we gave him thirty thousand votes while in captivityTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
