《James Connolly》歌词

[00:00:33] Marchin' down O'Connell Street with the Starry Plough on high

[00:00:36] There goes the Citizen Army with their fists raised in the sky

[00:00:41] Leading them is a mighty man with a mad rage in his eye

[00:00:45] My name is James Connolly I didn't come here to die

[00:00:49] But to fight for the rights of the working man

[00:00:51] And the small farmer too

[00:00:53] Protect the proletariat from the bosses and their screws

[00:00:58] So hold on to your rifles

[00:00:59] Boys

[00:01:00] And don't give up your dream

[00:01:04] Of a Republic for the workin' class

[00:01:07] Economic liberty

[00:01:19] Then Jem yelled out Oh Citizens

[00:01:21] This system is a curse

[00:01:23] An English boss is a monster

[00:01:25] An Irish one even worse

[00:01:28] They'll never lock us out again and here's the reason why

[00:01:31] My name is James Connolly

[00:01:46] I didn't come here to die

[00:02:06] And now we're in the GPO with the bullets whizzin' by

[00:02:10] With Pearse and Sean McDermott biddin' each other goodbye

[00:02:14] Up steps our citizen leader and roars out to the sky

[00:02:18] My name is James Connolly

[00:02:32] I didn't come here to die

[00:02:40] Oh Lily

[00:03:08] I don't want to die

[00:03:11] We've got so much to live for

[00:03:14] And I know we're all goin' out to get slaughtered

[00:03:17] But I just can't take any more

[00:03:22] Just the sight of one more child screamin' from hunger in a Dublin slum

[00:03:30] Or his mother slavin' 14 hours a day for the scum

[00:03:36] Who exploit her and take her youth and throw it on a factory floor

[00:03:44] Oh Lily

[00:03:45] I just can't take any more

[00:03:55] They've locked us out

[00:03:57] They've banned our unions

[00:04:01] They even treat their animals better than us

[00:04:11] No

[00:04:12] It's far better to die like a man on your feet

[00:04:17] Than to live forever like some slave on your knees

[00:04:21] Lilly

[00:04:27] But don't let them wrap any green flag around me

[00:04:32] And for God's sake

[00:04:33] Don't let them bury me in some field full of harps and shamrocks

[00:04:38] And whatever you do

[00:04:40] Don't let them make a martyr out of me

[00:04:44] No

[00:04:45] Rather raise the Starry Plough on high

[00:04:48] Sing a song of freedom

[00:04:51] Here's to you

[00:04:52] Lily

[00:04:53] The rights of man and international revolution

[00:05:00] We fought them to a standstill while the flames lit up the sky

[00:05:04] 'Til a bullet pierced our leader and we gave up the fight

[00:05:09] They shot him in Kilmainham jail but they'll never stop his cry

[00:05:13] My name is James Connolly

[00:05:27] I didn't come here to die