Irish Rebel song - Michael Collins
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Michael ("Mick", "Big Fella") Collins (Irish: Mícheál Seán Ó Coileáin; (1890.10.16 --1922.08.22) was an Irish revolutionary leader, Minister for Finance in the Irish Republic, Director of Intelligence for the IRA, and member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations. He was shot and killed in August 1922, during the Irish Civil War.
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In the movie, Liam Neeson stars as the title character
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Ulead for the movie editing
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Lyrics :
Come listen all me true men to my simple rhyme
For it tells of a young man cut off in his prime
A soldier and a statesman who laid down the law, and,
To die by the roaside in lone Beal na Bla
When barely sixteen to England crossed o'er
For to work as a boy in a government store
But the Volunteers call he could not disobey
So he came back to Dublin to join in the fray
-Chorus-
At Easter nineteen sixteen when Pearse called them out
The men from the Dublin battalion roved out
And in the post office they nobley did show
How a handful of heros could outfight the foe.
To Stafford and jails transported they were
As prisonners of England they soon made a stir
Released before Christmas and home once again
He banded old comrades together to train
Dail Eireann assembled our rights to proclaim
Suppressed by the English you'd think it's a shame
How Ireland's best and bravest were harried and torn
From the Arms of their loved ones and children new born.
For years Mick eluded their soldiers and spies
For he was the master of clever disguise
With the Custom House blazing she found t'was no use
And soon Mother England had asked for a truce
Oh when will the young men a sad lesson spurn
That brother and brother they never should turn
Alas that a split in our ranks 'ere we saw
Mick Collins stretched lifeless in lone Beal na Bla
Oh long will old Ireland be seeking in vain
Ere we find a new leader to match the man slain
A true son of Grainne his name long will shine
O gallant Mick Collins cut off in his prime.
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althought they left ireland for ireland because when they got to america all they saw was Irish
R.I.P Mícheál Seán Ó Coileáin
brilliant song thanks for adding it :D
I like irish singing,
Jo S
5/11/2008
ireland shud nt have 2 put up wit any more english shite!!Tiochadh ar la!!
Green White Gold
but i love the irish songs ther the best we dont have many like this in scotland
His stance on this was to use the treaty (declaring the southern 26 counties Free Irish) as a starting point to launch a war in the north against the British.
If De Valera hadnt gotten him assasinated i think i would be safe in the assumption that we would be free and united today.