The Irish Brigade - Roll of Honour lyrics
[The Irish Brigade - Roll of Honour lyrics]
Read the roll of honour
For Ireland's bravest men
We must be united in memory of the ten
England you're a monster
Don't think that you have won
We will never be defeated while
Ireland has such sons
In those dreary H-Block cages
Ten brave young Irishmen lay
Hungering for justice
While their young lives ebbed away
For their rights as Irish soldiers
And to free their native land
They stood beside their leader
The gallant Bobby Sands
Now they mourn Hughes in Bellaghy
Ray McCreesh in Armagh's hills
In those narrow streets of Derry
They miss O'Hara still
They so proudly gave their young lives
To break Britannia's hold
Their names shall be remembered
As history unfolds
So read the roll of honour
For Ireland's bravest men
We must be united in memory of the ten
England you're a monster
Don't think that you have won
We will never be defeated while
Ireland has such sons
Through the war torn streets of Ulster
The black flags did sadly wave
To salute ten Irish martyrs
The bravest of the brave
Joe McDonnell, Martin Hurson, Kevin Lynch
Kieran Doherty
They gave their lives for freedom
With Thomas McElwee
Michael Devine from Derry
You were the last to die
With your nine brave companions
With the martyred dead you lie
Your souls cry out remember
Our deaths were not in vain
Fight on and make our homeland
A nation once again
So read the roll of honour
For Ireland's bravest men
We must be united in memory of the ten
England you're a monster
Don't think that you have won
We will never be defeated while
Ireland has such sons
No we'll never be defeated while
Ireland has such sons
For Ireland's bravest men
We must be united in memory of the ten
England you're a monster
Don't think that you have won
We will never be defeated while
Ireland has such sons
In those dreary H-Block cages
Ten brave young Irishmen lay
Hungering for justice
While their young lives ebbed away
For their rights as Irish soldiers
And to free their native land
They stood beside their leader
The gallant Bobby Sands
Now they mourn Hughes in Bellaghy
Ray McCreesh in Armagh's hills
In those narrow streets of Derry
They miss O'Hara still
They so proudly gave their young lives
To break Britannia's hold
Their names shall be remembered
As history unfolds
So read the roll of honour
For Ireland's bravest men
We must be united in memory of the ten
England you're a monster
Don't think that you have won
We will never be defeated while
Ireland has such sons
Through the war torn streets of Ulster
The black flags did sadly wave
To salute ten Irish martyrs
The bravest of the brave
Joe McDonnell, Martin Hurson, Kevin Lynch
Kieran Doherty
They gave their lives for freedom
With Thomas McElwee
Michael Devine from Derry
You were the last to die
With your nine brave companions
With the martyred dead you lie
Your souls cry out remember
Our deaths were not in vain
Fight on and make our homeland
A nation once again
So read the roll of honour
For Ireland's bravest men
We must be united in memory of the ten
England you're a monster
Don't think that you have won
We will never be defeated while
Ireland has such sons
No we'll never be defeated while
Ireland has such sons