Lyr Req: Joe McDonnell (Wolfe Tones)

Subject: RE: words? WolfeTones:Ballad of Joe McDonald
From: Wolfgang
Date: 20 Apr 01 - 06:24 AM

written by: Brian Warfield

Wolfgang

Subject: Lyr Add: JOE MCDONNELL (Wolfe Tones)
From: GUEST,Boston Bill
Date: 19 Apr 01 - 11:35 PM

JOE MCDONNELL

O' my name is Joe McDonnell From Belfast town I came
That city I will never see again
For in that town of Belfast I spent many happy days
I love that town in oh so many ways.
For it's there I spent my childhood and found for me a wife
And set out to make for her a life.
But all my young ambitions met with bitterness and hate
I soon found myself inside a prison gate.

Cho: And so you call me a terrorist
While you look down your gun
When I think of all the deeds that you have done,
You have plundered many nations
Divided many lands
You have terrorized their people
You ruled with an iron hand.
And you brought this reign of terror to my land.

Though those many months internment in the and the Maze
I thought about my land though out those days
Why my country was divided
Why I was now in jail
Imprisoned without cause or without trial.
And although I love my country
I am not a bitter man
I have seen cruelty and injustice first hand.
Then one fateful morning I shook bold freedom's hand
For right or wrong I tried to free my land.

May God shine on you Bobby Sands for the courage you have shown
May your glory and your fame be widely known.
And Francis Hughs and Ray McCreesh you died unselfishly
And Patsy O'Hara and next in line is me
And all who lie behind me may your courage be the same
And I pray to God my life is not in vain.
Oh but sad and bitter was the year of 1981
For everything I lost and nothing won.

Subject: RE: words? WolfeTones:Ballad of Joe McDonald
From: Sorcha
Date: 19 Apr 01 - 10:06 PM

Try clicking here. If need be, scroll down a ways to Nynia's post. If that is not it, I'll go look some more, OK?

Subject: RE: words? WolfeTones:Ballad of Joe McDonald
From: Big Mick
Date: 19 Apr 01 - 04:55 PM

Guest Len, have you used the search engine to check for this. I am sure they have been posted. Please go to the forum homepage and use the search feature and then if you don't find it, I will post them.

Mick

Subject: words? WolfeTones:Ballad of Joe McDonald
From: GUEST,Len Wallace
Date: 19 Apr 01 - 01:53 PM

Hello Friends,

Anyone have the lyrics to The Ballad of Joe McDonald written by the Wolfe Tones?

Many thanks.