Victory for the Irish
Bob A. Feldman
An Irish rebel folk song, written in the late 1970s, about the historical struggle of Irish people for national liberation from British imperialism, both historically and in the late 20th-century.
With their soldiers and their money the British still hope to rule
But the rebel band still fights and will soon win victory
Victory for the Irish in Belfast and Derry
Victory for the Irish in Dublin and New York City.
Remember Cromwell's army
Remember 1798
Remember the Easter Rebellion
Remember how they starved us to death.
The British have their allies and their Irish bourgeoisie
The Irish have their workers and their songs of liberty
The British have their NATO and their advisors in butchery
The Irish have their brothers and their sisters on the street.
Remember their Bloody Sunday
Remember the death of Frank Stagg
Remember the thousands of martyrs
Remember how they killed Maire Drumm.
The British have their investments and their bank loans to buy tanks
The Irish have their courage and the justice of their fight
The British have their terror and their torturing police
The Irish have their love for their land and democracy.
Remember the back-breaking labor
And the separated families
Remember the pain and the sadness
In the system where Irish souls bleed.
Their imperialist greed, our curse for centuries
Their legal propaganda tries to justify their misdeeds
They wish us to remain like slaves economically
But they cannot stop our people who will soon win victory.
Remember the cheers and the insults
Remember the land robbery
Remember all the evictions
Remember James Connolly.
With their soldiers and their money the British still hope to rule
But the rebel band still fights and will soon win victory
Victory for the Irish in Belfast and Derry
Victory for the Irish in Dublin and New York City.