《Michael Collins》歌词

[00:00:00] Michael Collins - Johnny McEvoy

[00:00:00] Written by：Bollard

[00:00:00] The curlew stood silent and unseen

[00:00:02] In the long damp grass

[00:00:05] And he looked down on the road bellow him that

[00:00:07] Wound it's way through beal na mblath

[00:00:11] And he heard

[00:00:12] The young men

[00:00:13] Shouting and cursing

[00:00:14] Running backward and forward

[00:00:16] Dodging weaving and ducking the bullets

[00:00:19] That rained down on them from the hill side opposite

[00:00:24] Just as quickly as it started the firing stopped

[00:00:29] And a terrible silence

[00:00:31] Hung over the valley

[00:00:35] A lone figure lay on the roadside

[00:00:38] In the drizzling August rain

[00:00:42] Dressed in green great coat

[00:00:45] Leggings

[00:00:46] And brown hob nail boots

[00:00:48] That would never again

[00:00:50] Set the sparks flying from the kitchen flagstones

[00:00:53] As he danced his way through a half set

[00:00:58] A hurried whispered act of contrition

[00:01:00] And the firing breaks out again

[00:01:03] The curlew takes to flight

[00:01:06] And as he flies out over the empty

[00:01:07] Sad fields of west cork

[00:01:10] With his lonesome call

[00:01:12] He must tell the world

[00:01:15] That the big fella has fallen

[00:01:18] And that Michael

[00:01:21] Is gone

[00:01:24] On a far off

[00:01:28] August day

[00:01:30] Cold young men in ambush lay

[00:01:35] On a roadside

[00:01:37] By a hill where flowers grow

[00:01:44] So much hate for one so young

[00:01:48] Who was right and

[00:01:50] Who was wrong

[00:01:53] Though a thousand years

[00:01:56] May pass we'll never know

[00:02:01] Candles dripping blood

[00:02:06] They placed beside your shoulders

[00:02:12] Rosary beads

[00:02:15] Like teardrops on your fingers

[00:02:21] Friends and comrades standin by

[00:02:26] In their grief they wonder why

[00:02:30] Michael

[00:02:32] In their hour of need

[00:02:35] You had to go

[00:02:41] And when evening

[00:02:42] Twlight came

[00:02:45] Gentle fell the aughtm rain

[00:02:49] Oh but you lay still

[00:02:52] And silent on the ground

[00:02:59] As we hung our heads

[00:03:01] In prayer

[00:03:03] In our sorrow and dispare

[00:03:07] We wondered was it

[00:03:09] Friend or foe

[00:03:12] Who shot you down

[00:03:16] Candles dripping blood

[00:03:21] They placed beside your shoulders

[00:03:27] Rosary beads

[00:03:30] Like teardrops on your fingers

[00:03:36] Friends and comrades standin by

[00:03:42] In their grief they wonder why

[00:03:46] Michael

[00:03:47] In their hour of need

[00:03:50] You had to go

[00:04:05] Now the flame

[00:04:07] That you held high

[00:04:10] When you called out

[00:04:12] To the sky

[00:04:14] To end this senseless killing

[00:04:19] And this shame

[00:04:23] Has now passed

[00:04:25] To other hands

[00:04:28] And is carried through the land

[00:04:33] By some

[00:04:35] Not fit to even speak your name

[00:04:41] Candles dripping blood

[00:04:46] They placed beside your shoulders

[00:04:52] Rosary beads

[00:04:55] Like teardrops on your fingers

[00:05:01] Friends and comrades standin by

[00:05:06] In their grief they wonder why

[00:05:10] Michael

[00:05:11] In their hour of need

[00:05:15] You had to go

[00:05:20] Michael

[00:05:21] In their hour of need

[00:05:24] Why did you go