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Thread #120263 Message #3731959
Posted By: cnd
21-Aug-15 - 12:31 AM
Thread Name: ADD: Blood on Our Land (Irish rebel song)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Blood on Our Land (Irish rebel song)
BLOOD ON OUR LAND ("Fox'Connolly")
When you count all the stars up in heaven When you count all the birds in the trees All the men who died for Ireland Since the British crossed over our sea Can you count all the hearts that were broken Can you measure this sorrow and pain Just remember the men who have died For this land with their blood has been slain
On a Sunday afternoon in Derry The people, they marched through the streets Thirteen died that day for freedom Thirteen died for peace But the people, they keep marchin' on And you'll hear them sing this song "Take the British soldiers out of Ireland And don't let them linger on"
For these men have died for Ireland And so Irish men won't run We'll stand and fight for freedom We'll drive out the invading gun And when we look down at our children These words we'll say to them "When you walk through the streets of our city Then you walk through the blood on our land"
For these men have died for Ireland And so Irish men won't run We'll stand and fight for freedom We'll drive out the invading gun And when we look down at our children These words we'll say to them "When you walk through the streets of our city Then you walk through the blood on our land When you walk through the streets of our city Then you walk through the blood on our land"
Transcribed from this video. Unfortunately, as far as I've been able to gather, no one knows the singer of this song.
The author of the song is credited on on the LP cover as "Fox'Connolly"