《Joe McDonnell》歌词

歌曲： Joe McDonnell

所属专辑：Rebels and Heroes

歌手： The Wolfe Tones

时长： 06:44

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

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

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

That city I will[00:01:00]

Never see again[00:01:02]

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

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

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

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

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

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

For her a life[00:01:35]

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

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

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

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

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

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

That you had done[00:02:07]

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

Divided many lands[00:02:16]

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

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

And you brought[00:02:28]

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

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

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

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

Throughout those days[00:02:48]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For right or wrong[00:03:34]

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

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

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

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

That you had done[00:03:53]

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

Divided many lands[00:04:02]

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

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

And you brought[00:04:14]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Then a hunger strike[00:04:55]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

That you had done[00:05:39]

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

Divided many lands[00:05:48]

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

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

And you brought[00:06:00]

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

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

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

May your glory[00:06:16]

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

And Francis Hughes[00:06:24]

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

And Patsy O Hara[00:06:33]

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

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

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

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

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

Ah but sad[00:06:57]

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

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