Christy Moore - Joe McCann lyrics

Joe McCann eamon O'Doherty
Come all of you fine people
Wherever you may be
I'll sing of a brave Belfast man
Who scorned Britain's might though they'd
Shoot him on sight
And the shot down Joe McCann

In a Belfast bakery in the
August of that year
When internment was imposed
Throughout the land
Six volunteers from Belfast held
60 soldiers at bay and their leader was Joe
McCann brave Joe McCann
He fought for the people in
The markets where he lived
In defence of the rights of man
But the undercover crew told the
Soldiers what to do
They shot Joe McCann brave Jpe McCann

He had no gun so he started to run
To escape them as many's the time before
One bullet brought him down as
He lay on the ground
They shot him ten times more

He fought and he died for
The people of this land
The protestant and catholic working man
He caused the bosses fear and for
This they paid him dear
When they murdered brave Joe McCann
When they murdered brave Joe McCann