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Vinegar Hill
Black 47

Sun was settin' the rocks on fire

Fields blisterin' with the heat

When the militia came marchin' through our town

Knockin' sparks off the little streets


The priest watched them from his front door

The sweat sparklin' on his skin

When they burned his little chapel down

He grabbed his missal and his gun


I must go down to Wexford town

Where the lightnin' cracks the air

And the people sing of freedom

They've banished all despair


The coward dies a million times

Freeman dies just once, so here's to you revolution

May your flame keep burnin' 'til

We meet our Armageddon up high on Vinegar Hill


Priest's name was Citizen Murphy

I didn't like him much

He didn't believe in the rights of man

Just the power of the Catholic Church


But I never saw a man as brave

I'd follow him to hell

Or to death in Enniscorthy

On that godforsaken hill


I must go down to Wexford town

Where the lightnin' cracks the air

And the people sing of freedom

They've banished all despair


The coward dies a million times

Freeman dies just once, so here's to you revolution

May your flame keep burnin' 'til

We meet our Armageddon up high on Vinegar Hill


I get down on my knees everyday

And I pray to my God

But his face he has turned away

From his people


I have racked my brains for a compromise


But to what end?

Only one question remains

Why have you deserted me, oh Christ?


The Bishop advises that

All arms must be surrendered

Leaving ourselves defenseless

Against His Majesty and His royal plunderers


But if the Bishop be a pawn

I must ask myself whether it is better

To die like a dog in a ditch

Or rise up with my people, the poor against the rich?


I return to my prayers

And reflect upon Your tortured lips

But not a word do I hear

Just a veil of silence around the crucifix


And I remember the Bishop's words

When faith is gone, all hope is lost

Well, so be it, I will rise up with my people

And to hell with the eternal cost


Sun beat down on the fields of corn

The sweat was in our eyes

When we heard the militia approachin'

With their trumpets and their fifes


The priest rode by on his silver horse

The fire had cleansed his soul

He said, Let's strike a blow for freedom, boys

Then we blew that scum right off the road


I must go down to Wexford town

Where the lightnin' cracks the air

And the people sing of freedom

They've banished all despair


The coward dies a million times

The freeman dies just once, so here's to you revolution

May your flame keep burnin' 'til

We meet our Armageddon up high on Vinegar Hill


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