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Joe Mc Donnell Capo On 4th Fret or what suits your voice
Oh me naGme is Joe McDonnell from BCelfast town I cGame, That citCy I will Gnever see agDain For in the town of Belfast I spent mCany happy daGys I LoCve that town in OGh so many waDys
For it's Amthere I speCnt my cAmhildhood and found for Cme a wiGfe I thAmen set ouCt to maGke for her a lDife BGut all my young ambitions met with bitCterness and hGate I soon fCound myself inGside a prison gDate
[Chorus]
And you daAmre to cCall me a tAmerrorist while yAmou look doCwn your gDun When I tAmhink of aCll the deGeds that you have dDone You have pGlundered many nations divided many lands You have tCerrorised their peAmople you ruled wCith an iron haDnd And you brGought this reign of terror to my laDnd
[2] Through those many months internment in the Maidstone and the Maze I thought about my land throughout those days Why my country was divided why I was now in jail Imprisoned without crime or without trial And though I love my country I am not a bitter man I've seen cruelty and injustice at first hand So then one fateful morning I shook bold freedom's hand For right or wrong I'D tried to free my land [Repeat chorus] Then one cold October morning trapped in a lion's den I found myself in prison once again I was committed to the H-Blocks for 14 years or more On the blanket the conditions they were poor Then a hunger strike we did commence for the dignity of man But it seemed to me that no one gave a damn Ah But now I am a saddened man I watched my comrades die If only people cared or wondered why [Repeat chorus] May God shine on you Bobby Sands for the courage you have shown May your glory and your fame be widely known And Francis Hughes and Ray Mc Creesh who died unselfishly And Patsy O Hara and the next in line is me And those who lie behind me, may your courage be the same And I pray to God my life is not in vain Ah but sad and bitter was the year of 1981 For everything is lost and nothing's won