Hi everybody,

I'm just listening to "Joe McDonnell", sung by Eire �g, and I think I have heard part of the lyrics in another song, but I have not a clue about which one. Anyone has any ideas? The part I think is sung somewhere else is the chorus:


"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 people
You ruled with an iron hand
And you brought this reign of terror to my land"

Thanks,
Keltic_banshee

Oh my 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
And I loved 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
Oh but all my young ambition
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 people
You ruled with an iron hand
And you brought this reign of terror to my land

Through the 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
And so one faithful morning
I shook bold freedom's hand
For right or wrong I tried to free my land

Then one cold October's morning
I was trapped in the lion's den
And 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 hunger strike we did commence
For the dignity of man
But it seemed to me that no one gave a damn
Oh but now I am a saddened man
I've watched my comrades die
If only people cared or wondered why

Oh 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

Hi,
I already had the lyrics in my computer, but thanx for the lyrics, ChrisyBhoy
My question is still unanswered: anybody knows about another song in which the chorus of "Joe McDonnell" is sung? I'm sure I've heard it somewhere else... but I can't remember where :D

hmm, dont know, but maybe s.o. sung a medley with this song?

I finally found out where I had heard those lyrics before :) I was at a friends' last night, and we ended up watching a film called "hidden agenda", which I had already seen, although I didn't remember. There's a scene in that film in which "Joe McDonnell" is sung... but it sounds pretty different from the Eire Og version I was listening to when I first posted this topic... that's why I thought it was a differente song :)

oh there great differences in thus rebel songs, did you hear the version of Fighting Men from Crossmaglen by the Wolfe Tones... :o

Mmm... I think I have it on one of my cds, but I can't recall it right now... I'll listen to it tonight when I get home :D

Can't find part of my "rebel CDs"... I think it's time to tidy up my room a little... :lol: Maybe I'll try to do it my next holiday weekend...

Still working,
Keltic_banshee

good luck ^_^