OUR POOR (TRAPPED) NATIONALISTS


OUR POOR NATIONALISTS
TRAPPED ABOVE THE IMAGINARY LINE
FOR US SNUG IN THE REPUBLIC
90 YEARS IS A VERY LONG TIME

THERE WAS A MAN CALLED COLLINS
WHO HAD DREAMS OF UNITING US ALL
BUT AUL DEVELARA AND THE IRA SHOT HIM
DOWN AT BEAL NA BLATH

AND SO THEY KILLED THE DREAMER
BUT HIS SPIRIT LIVES ON AND ON
AND ONE DAY OUR HOLY ISLAND
UNITED BE FOR ONE AND ALL

SO AWAY WITH YEER GUNS AND ROSES
PEACE SHALL OVERCOME FOR ONE AND ALL
LIKE GHANDI DID IN INDIA
FREEDOM WILL SOON BEFALL.

Raymond Cunningham-Deiseach