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Thread #1315   Message #4121836
Posted By: Felipa
04-Oct-21 - 04:19 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Songs of Irish Civil Rights (LP)
Subject: Lyr add: another Fifth of October song
not on the LP (which you can listen to on youtube now), but about the same event

http://www.voy.com/103427/1/12.html

THE FIFTH OF OCTOBER

Air: The Patriot Game
Words: Tony Doherty

My age it means nothing,
My name it means less,
The town that I come from,
Is in the North-West,
For I was brought up there,
Their laws to abide,
But no rights had I,
Since, I was a child.

On the fifth of October,
A march we did plan,
But Herr Willie Craig,
Came down with a ban,
Police wielding batons,
Beat us to the ground,
And as we lay there,
A new fight we found.

Remember the sit-down,
Held in our Guildhall Square,
When thousands of people,
From Derry sat there,
And they heard all the speeches,
With thunderous applause,
Yes, that was the start of
Our civil rights cause.

So, come all you people,
Stand up and demand,
Let?s raise your voices,
Throughout this land,
Are we White-Negroes?
Whose rights are denied?
Yes, but we?ll win through
When we stand side by side.

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Tony was highly active within the Housing Action Committee and linked to its periodical, "Reality".