James Connolly-Black 47

[00:00.000] 作词 : Larry Kirwan [00:01.000] 作曲 : Larry Kirwan [00:33.22]Marchin' down O'Connell Street with the Starry Plough on high [00:37.46]There goes the Citizen Army with their fists raised in the sky [00:41.15]Leading them is a mighty man with a mad rage in his eye [00:45.20]My name is James Connolly, I didn't come here to die [00:49.37]But to fight for the rights of the working man, the small farmer too [00:53.62]Protect the proletariat from the bosses and their screws [00:57.61]So hold on to your rifles, boys, don't give up your dreams [01:04.35]Of a Republic for the workin' class, economic liberty [01:19.56]Then Jem yells out, "Oh Citizens, this system is a curse [01:23.69]An English boss is a monster, an Irish one even worse [01:27.61]They'll never lock us out again and here's the reason why [01:32.06]My name is James Connolly, I didn't come here to die" [01:35.45]But to fight for the rights of the working man, the small farmer too [01:40.04]Protect the proletariat from the bosses and their screws [01:44.60]So hold on to your rifles, boys, don't give up your dreams [01:50.90]Of a Republic for the workin' class, economic liberty [02:05.98]And now we're in the GPO with the bullets whizzin' by [02:10.00]With Pearse and Sean McDermott biddin' each other good-bye [02:14.36]Up steps our citizen leader and he roars out to the sky [02:18.05]My name is James Connolly, I didn't come here to die [02:21.82]But to fight for the rights of the working man, the small farmer too [02:26.58]Protect the proletariat from the bosses and their screws [02:30.72]So hold on to your rifles, boys, don't give up your dreams [02:37.52]Of a Republic for the workin' class, economic liberty [03:05.03]Oh Lily, I don't want to die [03:11.36]We've got so much to live for [03:14.24]And I know we're goin' out to get slaughtered [03:17.33]But I just can't take any more [03:22.00]Just the sight of one more child screamin' from hunger in a Dublin slum [03:30.09]Or his mother slavin' 14 hours a day for the scum, who exploit her [03:37.46]And take her youth and throw it on a factory floor? [03:44.03]Oh Lily, I just can't take any more [03:55.55]They've locked us out, they've banned our unions [04:01.06]They even treat their animals better than us [04:11.00]Oh no, it's far better to die like a man on your feet [04:16.65]Than to live forever like some slave, on your knees, Lily [04:27.29]But don't let them wrap any green flag around me [04:31.68]And for God's sake, don't let them bury me [04:34.66]In some field full of harps and shamrocks [04:39.05]And whatever you do, don't let them make a martyr out of me [04:43.55]Oh no, rather raise the Starry Plough on high, sing a song of freedom [04:51.30]Here's to you, Lily, the rights of man and international revolution [05:00.20]We fought them to a standstill while the flames lit up the sky [05:04.46]'Til a bullet pierced our leader and we gave up the fight [05:09.00]They shot him in Kilmainham jail but they'll never stop his cry [05:13.00]My name is James Connolly, I didn't come here to die [05:16.89]But to fight for the rights of the working man, the small farmer too [05:21.21]Protect the proletariat from the bosses and their screws [05:25.10]So hold on to your rifles, boys, don't give up your dreams [05:32.03]Of a Republic for the workin' class, economic liberty, economic liberty [05:43.04]Economic liberty !