Sad Affair-Marxman

Sad Affair - Marxman Once upon a time there was Irish ways and irish laws Villages of irish blood Waking to the morning good But england and her soldiers came Started centuries of shame Raped our women stole our grain Called this land a different name Killed the leaders killed the young Put to the sword or gun or hung History taught this to me But what some learn is a travesty I'm saying no slaying is playing it right And death is the legacy of this fight But a fight for peace agains injustice The time has come to discuss this SAD AFFAIR I had a dream of days to come When orange only ment the summer sun And not the knife that cuts apart A nations soul a nations heart A thousand tears my mother shed Sons and daughters have died and bled I cannot forget their brave example Thank you all for whom i tremple People have been mistreat for too long How long to sing this sad song Connolly said we shall rise again And surely one day the pain must end Some say......thats a bridge too far Some they say......tiocfaidh ar la! Some pretend the problems don't exist Some attack and some resist...it's a SAD AFFAIR Some say one day our day will come The race is run we know the outcome The tide is on the side of the green The butchers apron no longer seen But all i know is that peace must win And i thought this was Ireland mot Britain A six country state is a bastard state Why oh why can't we all integrate But my people suffer great injustice daily Condemned by racism in the bailey The Guildford Four, Maguires and the Six Innocent! but guilty of being Micks And my culture is as strong as a pyramid And you will pay for these things you did Not just to we but to the African The Asian and the true American And tomorrow the sorrow will continue And the hatred will fester in the sinew I feel like a stranger in the land where i was born I just have to wait for a new dawn.....it's a SAD AFFAIR