Joe Mcdonnell-Terence O'Neill/Cormac O'Moore

[ti:Joe Mcdonnell] [ar:Terence O'Neill] [al:The Songs That Shake the Barley - The Ultimate Rebel Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Joe Mcdonnell - Terence O'Neill/Cormac O'Moore [00:10.35]O me name is Joe McDonnell [00:13.35] [00:14.97]From Belfast town I came [00:17.16] [00:19.25]That city I will [00:20.86]Never see again [00:23.06] [00:26.94]For in the town of Belfast [00:30.54] [00:31.30]I spent many happy days [00:35.08] [00:36.43]I love that town in oh so many ways [00:43.39]For it's there I spent my childhood [00:47.84] [00:48.43]And found for me a wife [00:50.88] [00:52.50]I then set out to make [00:55.77] [00:56.43]For her a life [01:00.44] [01:01.04]But all my young ambitions [01:04.57] [01:05.48]Met with bitterness and hate [01:09.29] [01:10.62]I soon found myself inside a prison gate [01:16.96] [01:18.07]And you dare to call me a terrorist [01:22.65]While you looked down your gun [01:26.48]When I think of all the deeds [01:30.36]That you had done [01:32.48] [01:35.55]You had plundered many nations [01:40.15]Divided many lands [01:42.77] [01:44.08]You had terrorised their peoples [01:48.04]You ruled with an iron hand [01:51.78]And you brought [01:53.86]This reign of terror to my land [01:59.11] [02:09.64]Through those many months internment [02:13.12] [02:13.85]In the Maidstone and the Maze [02:16.87] [02:18.81]I thought about my land [02:21.35]Throughout those days [02:26.45]Why my country was divided [02:30.01] [02:30.95]Why I was now in jail [02:34.69] [02:35.45]Imprisoned without crime or without trial [02:42.67] [02:43.21]And though I love my country [02:46.10] [02:47.65]I am not a bitter man [02:51.57]I've seen cruelty [02:53.35]And injustice at first hand [02:58.61] [03:00.30]So then one fateful morning [03:03.88] [03:04.77]I shook bold freedom's hand [03:08.24] [03:09.45]For right or wrong [03:11.00]I'd try to free my land [03:14.75] [03:16.83]And you dare to call me a terrorist [03:21.51]While you looked down your gun [03:24.98]When I think of all the deeds [03:29.03]That you had done [03:32.54] [03:34.09]You had plundered many nations [03:37.54] [03:38.39]Divided many lands [03:42.28]You had terrorised their peoples [03:46.33]You ruled with an iron hand [03:50.16]And you brought [03:52.52]This reign of terror to my land [03:56.53] [04:07.72]Then one cold October morning [04:12.65]Trapped in a lion's den [04:15.81] [04:17.12]I found myself in prison once again [04:22.95] [04:24.46]I was committed to the H-blocks [04:28.20] [04:29.22]For fourteen years or more [04:32.53] [04:33.12]On the Blanket the conditions they were poor [04:41.22]Then a hunger strike [04:44.47]We did commence for the dignity of man [04:49.20] [04:49.90]But it seemed to me [04:52.11]That no one gave a damn [04:56.96] [04:58.17]But now I'm a saddened man [05:01.68] [05:02.30]I've watched my comrades die [05:05.98] [05:06.76]If only people cared or wondered why [05:14.31] [05:14.89]And you dare to call me a terrorist [05:18.51] [05:19.17]While you looked down your gun [05:23.03]When I think of all the deeds [05:26.84]That you had done [05:31.20] [05:31.83]You had plundered many nations [05:35.39] [05:36.05]Divided many lands [05:38.38] [05:39.96]You had terrorised their peoples [05:44.22]You ruled with an iron hand [05:47.46] [05:48.21]And you brought [05:50.41]This reign of terror to my land [05:54.85] [06:05.96]May God shine on you Bobby Sands [06:10.36]For the courage you have shown [06:13.66] [06:14.50]May your glory [06:15.66]And your fame be widely known [06:22.78]And Francis Hughes