Lyr Req: an Irish protest song

Subject: RE: Irish protest song - lyrics needed.
From: hilda fish
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 09:09 PM

Ok. Thanx.

Subject: RE: Irish protest song - lyrics needed.
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 07:22 PM

Let's keep the thread alive till after the weekend. Something (or somebody) may yet turn up ...

Subject: RE: Irish protest song - lyrics needed.
From: hilda fish
Date: 15 Jan 05 - 10:15 PM

Yep - no luck.

Subject: RE: Irish protest song - lyrics needed.
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 15 Jan 05 - 05:25 PM

I'm sure I've heard the lyrics before, though not necessarily in an Irish protest context. It might be one of the countless adaptations of older protest songs. It isn't in my database, nor in the DT or forum. Have you tried a google search?

Subject: Irish protest song - lyrics needed.
From: hilda fish
Date: 15 Jan 05 - 03:23 AM

Once years ago, an Irish man came to Australia (Iknow, I know) as a representative of the Irish resistance. He raised a lot of money among our unions (he was for real) and sang many songs. One of the chorus's stuck in my memory:

"We will march and we'll demonstrate,
We'll protest and sit in,
We're fighting for our civil rights.
The troubles just begun.
We've had promises too many
and delivered goods too few.
And promises don't butter bread,
whatever else they do"

I taught my children this chorus and paid them 20 cents a time to sing it at social events. They thought it was the funniest thing. However, what is this song and how does the rest of it go? Does anyone know?