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Joe Mcdonnell
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Traditional Folk
Joe Mcdonnell was released on November 29, 2004 by Celtic Collections as a part of the album At Their Very Best Live
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Release DateNovember 29, 2004
LabelCeltic Collections
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM118

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Wolfe Tones
The Wolfe Tones
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Warfield
Warfield
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Daire Winston
Daire Winston
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Oh me name is Joe McDonnell
From Belfast town I came
That city I will never see again
[Verse 2]
For in the town of Belfast
I spent many happy days
I love that town in oh so many ways
[Verse 3]
For it's there I spent my childhood
And found for me a wife
I then set out to make for her a life
[Verse 4]
But all my young ambitions
Met with bitterness and hate
I soon found myself inside a prison gate
[Verse 5]
And you dare to call me a terrorist
While you look down your gun
When I think of all the deeds that you had done
[Verse 6]
You had plundered many nations
Divided many lands
You had terrorised their peoples
You ruled with an iron hand
And you brought this reign of terror to my land
[Verse 7]
Through those many months interment
In the Maidstone and the Maze
I thought about my land throughout those days
[Verse 8]
Why my country was divided
Why I was now in jail
Imprisoned without crime or without trial
[Verse 9]
And though I love my country
I'm not a bitter man
I've seen cruelty and injustice at first hand
[Verse 10]
So then one fateful morning
I shook bold freedom's hand
For right or wrong I'd try to free my land
[Verse 11]
And you dare to call me a terrorist
While you look down your gun
When I think of all the deeds that you had done
[Verse 12]
You had plundered many nations
Divided many lands
You had terrorised their peoples
You ruled with an iron hand
And you brought this reign of terror to my land
[Verse 13]
Then one cold October's morning
Trapped in a lions' den
I found myself in prison once again
[Verse 14]
I was committed to the H Blocks
For fourteen years or more
On the blanket, the conditions they were poor
[Verse 15]
Then a hunger strike we did commence
For the dignity of man
But it seemed to me that no one gave a damn
[Verse 16]
But now I am a saddened man
I've watched my comrades die
If only people cared or wondered why
[Verse 17]
And you dare to call me a terrorist
While you look down your gun
When I think of all the deeds that you had done
[Verse 18]
You had plundered many nations
Divided many lands
You had terrorised their peoples
You ruled with an iron hand
And you brought this reign of terror to my land
[Verse 19]
May God shine on you, Bobby Sands
For the courage you have shown
May your glory and your fame be widely known
[Verse 20]
And Francis Hughes and Ray McCreesh
Who died unselfishly
And Patsy O'Hara, the next in line is me
[Verse 21]
And those who lie behind me
May your courage be the same
And I pray to God my life is not in vain
[Verse 22]
Ah, but sad and bitter was the year
Of nineteen eighty-one
For everything I've lost, and nothing's won
Written by: Warfield
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