James Connolly lyrics

Artist  : 47 Black 
Song : James Connolly



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Marchin' down O'Connell 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 didn't come here
to die 



But to fight for the rights of the working man


And the small farmer too 

Protect the proletariat from the bosses and their
screws 

So hold on to your rifles, boys, and don't give
up your dream 

Of a Republic for the workin' class, economic
liberty" 



Then Jem yelled out "Oh Citizens, this system is
a curse 

An English boss is a monster, an Irish one even
worse 

They'll never lock us out again and here's the
reason why 

My name is James Connolly, I didn't come here to
die....." 



And now we're in the GPO with the bullets
whizzin' by 

With Pearse and Sean McDermott biddin' each other
goodbye 

Up steps our citizen leader and roars out to the
sky 

"My name is James Connolly, I didn't come here to
die... 



Oh Lily, I don't want to die, we've got so much
to live for 

And I know we're all goin' out to get
slaughtered, but I just can't take any more 

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 can't take any more 



They've locked us out, they've banned our unions,
they even treat their animals better than us 

No! It's far better to die like a man on your
feet than to live forever like some slave on your
knees, Lilly 



But don't let them wrap any green flag around me


And for God's sake, don't let them bury me in
some field full of harps and shamrocks 

And whatever you do, don't let them make a martyr
out of me 

No! Rather raise the Starry Plough on high, sing
a song of freedom 

Here's to you, Lily, the rights of man and
international revolution" 



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 they'll
never stop his cry 

My name is James Connolly, I didn't come here to
die...."