Irish Citizen Army, Song\Speech?
Jeremy |
Mar 27 2004, 09:26 PM
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V Group: Member Posts: 7 Joined: 25-February 04 From: Ottawa, Ontario Member No.: 244 |
I just got this song from Irelands_Son.
It's called Irish Citizen Army, by The Pilgrims. It's pretty sweet, it starts off with "a reading of the last statement of James Connolly", and then the song itself. Would I be able to get the lyrics for both? |
Werewolf |
Mar 29 2004, 02:53 AM
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Finnish Fenian Group: Celtic Lyrics Cairde Posts: 88 Joined: 26-July 03 From: Finland Member No.: 74 |
Never heard the song but will definitely look it up. The last statement of James Connolly, however, follows:
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southsider |
Apr 8 2004, 06:58 AM
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The song you are looking for is called James Connelly - Irish Citizens Army, and it is on the Blarney Pilgrims CD "Marchin Down Sackville Street". The first line on the CD version is changed to Marchin down Sackville Sreet
James Connolly Larry Kirwan Marchin' down O'Connell Street with the Starry Plough on high There goes the Citizen Army with their fists raised in the sky Leading them is a mighty man with a mad rage in his eye "My name is James Connolly - I didn't come here to die But to fight for the rights of the working man and the small farmer too To protect the proletariat from the bosses and their screws So hold on to your rifles, boys, don't give up your dream Of a Republic for the working class, economic liberty." Then Jem yelled out "Oh Citizens, this system is a curse An English boss is a monster, An Irish one even worse They'll never lock us out again and here is the reason why: My name is James Connolly - I didn't come here to die ..." And now we're in the GPO with the bullets whizzin' by With Pearse and Sean McDermott biddin' each other goodbye Up steps our citizen leader and he roars out to the sky "My name is James Connolly - I didn't come here to die ... Oh Lillie, I don't want to die, we've got so much to live for And I know we're all goin' out to get slaughtered, but I just can't take any more Just the sight of one more child screamin' from hunger in a Dublin slum Or his mother slavin' 14 hour days for the scum Who exploit her and take her youth and throw it on a factory floor Oh Lillie, I just can't take any more They've locked us out, banned our unions, they even treat their animals better than us No! It's far better to die like a man than to live forever like some slave on your knees, Lillie But don't let them wrap any green flag around me And, for god's sake, don't let them bury me in some field full of harps and shamrocks And whatever you do, don't let them make a martyr out of me No! Rather rise the Starry Plough on high and sing a song of freedom Here's to you, Lillie, the rights of man and international revolution." We fought them to a standstill while the flames lit up the sky 'Til a bullet pierced our leader and we gave up the fight They shot him in Kilmainham Jail but they'll never stop his cry "My name is James Connolly, I didn't come here to die." |
Werewolf |
Apr 13 2004, 02:46 AM
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Finnish Fenian Group: Celtic Lyrics Cairde Posts: 88 Joined: 26-July 03 From: Finland Member No.: 74 |
For those who might not know it: the road in front of the General Post Office in Dublin was named Sackville Street at the time of the Easter Rising in 1916, and is now named O'Connell Street after Daniel O'Connell.
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