lirik lagu ciaran murphy - seamus costello
[verse 1]
in a field outside bellaghy
back in 1956
and exhausted flying column sat
and rested in the sticks
there they joked with their commander
though he never liked the name
they called him their ‘boy general’
though they loved him all the same
[chorus]
he was a champion of the worker
and a th~rn in england’s side
and his name was seamus costello
he was the source of wicklow’s pride
[verse 2]
and when that campaign was over
seamus rallied to sinn féin
when the ranks were filled with workers
but leaders courted fame
they said, “we’ll stand by mao and stalin
stand for everywhere but home
and if anyone should question us
ah, we’ll say they’re bought by rome”
but says he, “i’ll stand by connolly
connolly’s good enough for me
my allegiance to the working class
in the cause of ireland, free”
[chorus]
he was a champion of the worker
and a th~rn in england’s side
and his name was seamus costello
he was the source of wicklow’s pride
[verse 3]
well, the rebels, saints and scholars
came and rallied to his call
from the factories and trade unions
to university lecture halls
from the north came ronnie bunting
from a clan of fighting men
from the south came miriam daly
with the academic’s pen
and from all across the country
came a slew of volunteers
’cause they loved and trusted seamus
for his work down all the years
[chorus]
he was a champion of the worker
and a th~rn in england’s side
and his name was seamus costello
he was the source of wicklow’s pride
[verse 4]
well, the state, they feared our seamus
and the message that he brought
a republic for the workers
and that’s it, we won’t be bought
so the leinster house gestapo
tried to bury him for good
and with heavy squads and dirty jobs
ah, we thought they nearly would
but a message can’t be broken
when it’s leader won’t lie down
so instead, they murdered seamus
at east wall in dublin town
[chorus]
he was a champion of the worker
and a th~rn in england’s side
and his name was seamus costello
he was the source of wicklow’s pride
[verse 5]
as we gather to remember
after almost fifty years
at that sacred spot in dublin
i saw a man reduced to tears
he said, “we’ve lost so many comrades
in the decades that have passed
and the men who tried to flatten us
ah, they thought we’d never last
and i’m proud to be a fighter still
in that cause for which he died
i remember my boy general
he’s the source of wicklow’s pride
[chorus]
he was a champion of the worker
and a th~rn in england’s side
and his name was seamus costello
he’s the source of wicklow’s pride
[chorus]
he was a champion of the worker
and a th~rn in england’s side
god rest and bless you, seamus
you’re the source of wicklow’s pride
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