Ballad of Bobby Sands

On the grave in Belfast shone a ray of gold light
A voice spoke from the deep Earth and echoed in the night
I'm far from captivity that cell which confined me
Neither pain nor torture nor the powers that consigned me

My name is Bobby Sands
I fought and died for my dear land
With Joe and Francis at my side
My comrades on hunger strike we died

From this dark grave now I can see my country yet is still unfree
Through the bitter years of great despair
Many broken hearts now have yearned
Deprived of freedom men like me are imprisoned with no dignity

My name is Bobby Sands
I fought and died for my dear land
With Joe and Francis at my side
My comrades on hunger strike we died

England with your wasted breath my land you leveled in lust to death
Like the rivers that flow through
My land blood runs red upon your hands
And reflecting in the cloudless sky
Will be the freedom light for those who died

My name is Bobby Sands
I fought and died for my dear land
With Joe and Francis at my side
My comrades on hunger strike we died

The light it shines upon our dead for Ireland your blood is shed
Flowers wither upon my grave through the years I'll now decay
We're a land, a nation proud and free
Those flowers will go free one year

My name is Bobby Sands
I fought and died for my dear land
With Joe and Francis at my side
My comrades on hunger strike we died