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Thread #12199   Message #95393
Posted By: MudGuard
15-Jul-99 - 05:20 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Roll of Honour (Gerry O Glacain)
Subject: Lyr Add: ROLL OF HONOUR
Wolfgang, you were right, both with the title and with me having it stored electronically.

The line you remembered, Stuart, I marked in green

Mudguard, formerly known as AndreasW

Here we go:

Roll Of Honour

Chorus  

Read the roll of honour for Ireland's bravest men
We must be united in memory of the ten
England, you're a monster, don't think that you have won
We will never be defeated while Ireland has such sons
In those dreary H block cages ten brave young Irishmen lay
Hungering for justice while their young lives ebbed away
For their rights as Irish soldiers, and to free their native land
They stood besides their leader, the galant Bobby Sands.
Now we mourn Hughes in Bellaghy, Ray MacCreesh in Armagh hills
In those narrow streets in Derry they miss O'Hara still
They so proudly gave their young lives to break Britannia's hold
Their names shall be remembered as history unfolds

Through the war torn streets of Ulster the black flags did sadly wave
To salute ten Irish martyrs, the bravest of the brave
Joe McDonnell, Martin Hurson , Kevin Lynch, Kieran Doherty
They gave their lives for freedom, with Thomas MacElwee
Michael Devine from Derry, you were the last to die
When your nine brave companions with the martyr dead you lie
Your souls cry out, remember, our deaths were not in vain
Fight on and make our homeland a nation once again.