Key: E minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
lay scattered on the floor
70 days had been ignored
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The people wake as a martyr goes to sleep
His figure frail of 7 stone
A fire fights beneath his bones
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"I will not die after you bury me"
Verse 2
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then I will die willing and free
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then I will die willing and free
Verse 3
Commandant of the Cork Brigade
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His friends and foes revered
The crown then feared his influence
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So they locked him up in a
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Brixton prison cage
Verse 4
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No tank or gun or brick or bullet or stone
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Could turn a rebel mind on their own
Verse 5
than my release
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If it brings the enemy to his knees
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That in 100 years will see their children free"
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Interlude 1
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Verse 6
100 000 filled the streets
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A procession flowed beside the river Lee
A nation lost her rebel son
But the bells of freedom would be rung
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The truce was signed in 1921
Verse 7
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would echo from afar
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Never underestimate a rebel
Interlude 2
heart
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Verse 8
70 days had been ignored
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The people wake as a martyr goes to sleep
His figure frail of 7 stone
A fire fights beneath his bones
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D
Em
"I will not die after you bury me"
Verse 9
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then I will die willing and free
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Em
then I will die willing and free
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Em
then I will die willing and free
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