I found this bit on the web and it makes me want to know more about this song (written and/or sung by McEvoy) starting with the lyrics:

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."

This song is a tribute to Michael Collins,..."

(copied from http://www.soldierssongs.com/#MIKE where you can listen a bit)

Wolfgang