《Joe McDonnell》歌词

[00:00:00] Joe McDonnell - The Wolfe Tones

[00:00:52] O me name is Joe McDonnell

[00:00:56] From Belfast town I came

[00:01:00] That city I will

[00:01:02] Never see again

[00:01:08] For in the town of Belfast

[00:01:11] I spent many happy days

[00:01:16] I love that town in oh so many ways

[00:01:24] For it's there I spent my childhood

[00:01:28] And found for me a wife

[00:01:32] I then set out to make

[00:01:35] For her a life

[00:01:40] But all my young ambitions

[00:01:44] Met with bitterness and hate

[00:01:48] I soon found myself inside a prison gate

[00:01:56] And you dare to call me a terrorist

[00:02:00] While you looked down your gun

[00:02:04] When I think of all the deeds

[00:02:07] That you had done

[00:02:12] You had plundered many nations

[00:02:16] Divided many lands

[00:02:20] You had terrorised their peoples

[00:02:24] You ruled with an iron hand

[00:02:28] And you brought

[00:02:30] This reign of terror to my land

[00:02:36] Through those many months internment

[00:02:41] In the Maidstone and the Maze

[00:02:45] I thought about my land

[00:02:48] Throughout those days

[00:02:53] Why my country was divided

[00:02:57] Why I was now in jail

[00:03:01] Imprisoned without crime or without trial

[00:03:09] And though I love my country

[00:03:13] I am not a bitter man

[00:03:17] I've seen cruelty

[00:03:19] And injustice at first hand

[00:03:25] So then one fateful morning

[00:03:30] I shook bold freedom's hand

[00:03:34] For right or wrong

[00:03:36] I'd try to free my land

[00:03:42] And you dare to call me a terrorist

[00:03:46] While you looked down your gun

[00:03:50] When I think of all the deeds

[00:03:53] That you had done

[00:03:58] You had plundered many nations

[00:04:02] Divided many lands

[00:04:06] You had terrorised their peoples

[00:04:10] You ruled with an iron hand

[00:04:14] And you brought

[00:04:15] This reign of terror to my land

[00:04:22] Then one cold October's morning

[00:04:27] Trapped in a lion's den

[00:04:30] I found myself in prison once again

[00:04:39] I was committed to the H-blocks

[00:04:43] For fourteen years or more

[00:04:47] On the Blanket the conditions they were poor

[00:04:55] Then a hunger strike

[00:04:57] We did commence for the dignity of man

[00:05:03] But it seemed to me

[00:05:05] That no one gave a damn

[00:05:11] But now I'm a saddened man

[00:05:16] I've watched my comrades die

[00:05:20] If only people cared or wondered why

[00:05:28] And you dare to call me a terrorist

[00:05:32] While you looked down your gun

[00:05:36] When I think of all the deeds

[00:05:39] That you had done

[00:05:44] You had plundered many nations

[00:05:48] Divided many lands

[00:05:52] You had terrorised their peoples

[00:05:56] You ruled with an iron hand

[00:06:00] And you brought

[00:06:01] This reign of terror to my land

[00:06:08] May God shine on you Bobby Sands

[00:06:13] For the courage you have shown

[00:06:16] May your glory

[00:06:18] And your fame be widely known

[00:06:24] And Francis Hughes

[00:06:27] And Ray McCreesh who died unselfishly

[00:06:33] And Patsy O Hara

[00:06:35] And the next in line is me

[00:06:41] And those who lie behind me

[00:06:45] May your courage be the same

[00:06:49] And I pray to God

[00:06:51] My life is not in vain

[00:06:57] Ah but sad

[00:06:59] And bitter was the year of 1981

[00:07:06] For everything I've lost and nothing's won