James Connolly, trade union activist and leader of the Irish Citizen Army, was executed on 12 May 1916 for his part in the Easter Rising for Irish independence. So to mark the occasion, I made this song reference list. JAMES CONNOLLY "A great crowd had gathered outside of Kilmainham" https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=3146 sung by Nan Tom Teaimin WHERE IS OUR JAMES CONNOLLY by Patrick Galvin https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=3145 sung by Andy Irvine sung by Fergus Russell sung by Liam Weldon CONNOLLY WAS THERE, words posted by Big Tim and by Jon Bartlett , 16 April 2002 in https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=46577#692407 sung by Christy Moore sung by Dominic Behan Lyrics on screen If you do a Mudcat search for James Connolly, you will find that a number of his own compositions are included in the Digital Tradtional. Here are links for three of lyrics or poems: BE MODERATE (We Only Want the Earth) by James Connolly https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=546 FREEDOM'S SUN by James Connolly https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=9015 I think A FESTIVE SONG may be intended as a May Day song, as the first of May is both an older traditional fest and a Workers' Day https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=8982 0000 Connolly's fitness to stand trial and to be executed was discussed in the UK parliament in May 1916 https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1916/may/30/execution-of-james-connolly
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