james connolly

• larry kirwan'ın (bkz: black 47) kendisi için yazmış olduğu bir şarkı:
  
  marchin' down o'connell street with the starry plough on high
  there goes the citizen army with their fists raised in the sky
  leading them is a mighty man with a mad rage in his eye
  "my name is james connolly - i didn't come here to die
  but to fight for the rights of the working man and the small farmer too
  to protect the proletariat from the bosses and their screws
  so hold on to your rifles, boys, don't give up your dream
  of a republic for the working class, economic liberty."
  
  then jem yelled out "oh citizens, this system is a curse
  an english boss is a monster, an irish one even worse
  they'll never lock us out again and here is the reason why:
  my name is james connolly - i didn't come here to die ..."
  
  and now we're in the gpo with the bullets whizzin' by
  with pearse and sean mcdermott biddin' each other goodbye
  up steps our citizen leader and he roars out to the sky
  "my name is james connolly - i didn't come here to die ...
  
  oh lillie, i don't want to die, we've got so much to live for
  and i know we're all goin' out to get slaughtered, but i just can't take any more
  just the sight of one more child screamin' from hunger in a dublin slum
  or his mother slavin' 14 hour days for the scum
  who exploit her and take her youth and throw it on a factory floor
  oh lillie, i just can't take any more
  
  they've locked us out, banned our unions, they even treat their animals better than us
  no! it's far better to die like a man than to live forever like some slave on your knees, lillie
  
  but don't let them wrap any green flag around me
  and, for god's sake, don't let them bury me in some field full of harps and shamrocks
  and whatever you do, don't let them make a martyr out of me
  no! rather rise the starry plough on high and sing a song of freedom
  here's to you, lillie, the rights of man and international revolution."
  
  we fought them to a standstill while the flames lit up the sky
  'til a bullet pierced our leader and we gave up the fight
  they shot him in kilmainham jail but they'll never stop his cry
  "my name is james connolly, i didn't come here to die."