https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=7850   MICHAEL  by Johnny McEvoy

there are plenty of Johnny McEvoy recordings of Michael which you can watch on youtube   https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Michael-Johnny+McEvoy+

On a far off August day, cold young men in ambush lay
On a roadside, by a hill where flowers grow
So much hate for one so young, who was right and who was wrong
Though a thousand years may pass, we'll never know

Chorus
Candles dripping blood, they placed beside your shoulder
Rosary beads, like teardrops on your fingers
Friends and comrades standing by
In their grief they wonder why, Michael,
In their hour of need you had to go