《Joe McDonnell》歌词

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

[00:00:08] O me name is Joe McDonnell

[00:00:13] From Belfast town I came

[00:00:17] That city I will

[00:00:19] Never see again

[00:00:26] For in the town of Belfast

[00:00:30] I spent many happy days

[00:00:35] I love that town in oh so many ways

[00:00:44] For it's there I spent my childhood

[00:00:48] And found for me a wife

[00:00:53] I then set out to make

[00:00:56] For her a life

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

[00:01:06] Met with bitterness and hate

[00:01:10] I soon found myself inside a prison gate

[00:01:19] And you dare to call me a terrorist

[00:01:24] While you looked down your gun

[00:01:28] When I think of all the deeds

[00:01:31] That you had done

[00:01:37] You had plundered many nations

[00:01:42] Divided many lands

[00:01:45] You had terrorised their peoples

[00:01:50] You ruled with an iron hand

[00:01:54] And you brought

[00:01:56] This reign of terror to my land

[00:02:03] Through those many months internment

[00:02:08] In the Maidstone and the Maze

[00:02:13] I thought about my land

[00:02:16] Throughout those days

[00:02:21] Why my country was divided

[00:02:26] Why I was now in jail

[00:02:31] Imprisoned without crime or without trial

[00:02:39] And though I love my country

[00:02:44] I am not a bitter man

[00:02:48] I've seen cruelty

[00:02:50] And injustice at first hand

[00:02:57] So then one fateful morning

[00:03:01] I shook bold freedom's hand

[00:03:06] For right or wrong

[00:03:08] I'd try to free my land

[00:03:15] And you dare to call me a terrorist

[00:03:19] While you looked down your gun

[00:03:23] When I think of all the deeds

[00:03:27] That you had done

[00:03:32] You had plundered many nations

[00:03:37] Divided many lands

[00:03:41] You had terrorised their peoples

[00:03:46] You ruled with an iron hand

[00:03:50] And you brought

[00:03:51] This reign of terror to my land

[00:03:59] Then one cold October morning

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

[00:04:08] I found myself in prison once again

[00:04:17] I was committed to the H-blocks

[00:04:22] For fourteen years or more

[00:04:26] On the Blanket the conditions they were poor

[00:04:34] Then a hunger strike

[00:04:37] We did commence for the dignity of man

[00:04:43] But it seemed to me

[00:04:46] That no one gave a damn

[00:04:53] But now I'm a saddened man

[00:04:57] I've watched my comrades die

[00:05:02] If only people cared or wondered why

[00:05:10] And you dare to call me a terrorist

[00:05:15] While you looked down your gun

[00:05:19] When I think of all the deeds

[00:05:23] That you had done

[00:05:28] You had plundered many nations

[00:05:33] Divided many lands

[00:05:37] You had terrorised their peoples

[00:05:41] You ruled with an iron hand

[00:05:45] And you brought

[00:05:47] This reign of terror to my land

[00:05:55] May God shine on you Bobby Sands

[00:05:59] For the courage you have shown

[00:06:03] May your glory

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

[00:06:12] And Francis Hughes

[00:06:15] And Ray McCreesh who died unselfishly

[00:06:22] And Patsy O Hara

[00:06:24] And the next in line is me

[00:06:30] And those who lie behind me

[00:06:35] May you're courage be the same

[00:06:39] And I pray to God

[00:06:41] My life is not in vain

[00:06:48] Ah but sad

[00:06:49] And bitter was the year of 1981

[00:06:57] For everything I've lost and nothing's won