IT
WAS ON SEPTEMBER 20
IN THE YEAR EIGHTEEN 03
ROBERT EMMET GAVE HIS YOUNG LIFE
HOPING IRELAND MIGHT BE FREE.
HE WAS GLAD TO GIVE HIS YOUNG LIFE,
BUT ONE THING HE COULD NOT KNOW-
TWO LONG CENTURIES HAVE PASSED NOW-
FREEDOM STILL HAS BEEN LAID LOW.
YOU MAY SAY THAT THINGS ARE BETTER-
BRITAIN'S PARTLY GONE FROM IRELAND'S SHORES-
BUT THEY'VE SENT THEIR 'GOONS TO PLAGUE US,
HOPING WE WILL STAY AT WAR.
IT'S A WAR AGAINST EACH OTHER
AND A WAR WE CANNOT WIN,
UNTIL WE SEE NO-ONE'S THE VICTOR,
WE'LL FIND OUT THE FOOLS WE'VE BEEN.
ROBERT EMMET WAS A HERO,
JUST LIKE PEARSE AND JEFFERSON;
WONDER IF HE WOULD BE HAPPY-
SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT WE HAVE WON.
BUT THOSE QUISLINGS THEY ARE LIARS,
AND THAT BLOODY, PAID-OFF PRESS
PRESENTS THE LIES OF OUR OPPRESSORS
WHICH ARE FULL OF EMPTINESS.
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