Goodbye Black-47! Thanks for the fight. Black 47 to Perform Final Show in Midtown nytimes/2014/11/09/nyregion/black-47-to-perform-final-show-in-midtown.html?_r=0 Marchin down OConnell Street with the Starry Plough on high There goes the Citizen Army with their fists raised in the sky Leading them is a mighty man with a mad rage in his eye My name is James Connolly, I didnt come here to die But to fight for the rights of the working man, the small farmer too Protect the proletariat from the bosses and their screws So hold on to your rifles, boys, dont give up your dreams Of a Republic for the workin class, economic liberty And now were in the GPO with the bullets whizzin by With Pearse and Sean McDermott biddin each other good-bye Up steps our citizen leader and he roars out to the sky My name is James Connolly, I didnt come here to die Just the sight of one more child screamin from hunger in a Dublin slum Or his mother slavin 14 hours a day for the scum, who exploit her And take her youth and throw it on a factory floor? Oh Lily, I just cant take any more Theyve locked us out, theyve banned our unions They even treat their animals better than us Oh no, its far better to die like a man on your feet Than to live forever like some slave, on your knees, Lily We fought them to a standstill while the flames lit up the sky Til a bullet pierced our leader and we gave up the fight They shot him in Kilmainham jail but theyll never stop his cry My name is James Connolly, I didnt come here to die Songwriter- Kirwan, Laurence T https://youtube/watch?v=wukfdjJv340
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