I think that Bobby sands made a great scarifice for Irish Freedom and I would like to put a thread here on History to commemorate him.
The Lost Songs of Bobby Sands
Bobby Sands left school in the Summer of ’69.
With a light hearted swagger, for he had lots of time.
With guitar chords and a song book, he was a jolly soul
But he wouldn’t give his life to rock and roll.
Woodstock and Burntollet both made their calls
To the heart-strings of a young boy as he strolled down the Falls
But the rhythm and the lyrics of a people's dripping tears
Soon set in concrete the path of future years.
Tho’ Hendrix and McCracken were married in his dreams
And a troubador's freedom figured in his schemes
The empire’s final grasp still enforced it’s hold
Hobbling the dreams of young and old.
Thus a shy and laughing schoolboy a legend soon would die
- The ordinary becomes extraordinary in the twinkle of an eye!
And a thousand poems unwritten and a hundred songs unheard
Mean that twentyfive years later we cherish every word.
©Michael O’Flanagan 2006
The Lost Songs of Bobby Sands
Bobby Sands left school in the Summer of ’69.
With a light hearted swagger, for he had lots of time.
With guitar chords and a song book, he was a jolly soul
But he wouldn’t give his life to rock and roll.
Woodstock and Burntollet both made their calls
To the heart-strings of a young boy as he strolled down the Falls
But the rhythm and the lyrics of a people's dripping tears
Soon set in concrete the path of future years.
Tho’ Hendrix and McCracken were married in his dreams
And a troubador's freedom figured in his schemes
The empire’s final grasp still enforced it’s hold
Hobbling the dreams of young and old.
Thus a shy and laughing schoolboy a legend soon would die
- The ordinary becomes extraordinary in the twinkle of an eye!
And a thousand poems unwritten and a hundred songs unheard
Mean that twentyfive years later we cherish every word.
©Michael O’Flanagan 2006
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