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The Elders Celtic
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Ever Be a Nation
All of us on good behavior we met down at the bridge That Sunday on O'Connell Street we listened to the pitch Another lockout comin' they'll surely break us here No help from a citizen army or Irish Volunteer The troops came in to seize us taunted by the crowd They retreated back to safety the rabble stood their ground They opened fire and killed a few while back behind closed doors In London town they sold us out to soldier on no more
Will there ever be a nation soil sky and stone With one human soul and a voice to call our own Will we ever be free mountains to the sea Always be forever an Irish home
The executions followed at a prison camp in Wales Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com They put to death the sixteenth man in a soggy London jail Conscription by Westminster united every tribe Together we could raise hell now from every side Bolder then in spirit we moved through every town Hidin' from the Black and Tans they brought to put us down How long will we run from this thing we have begun To be more than just a fist and a crowd
A hundred bad years later and the struggle still goes on A hundred bloody Sundays and their funerals come and gone No victors only victims and survivors left to mourn Our children need to know this Island is their home
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