Bloody Sunday

We demand civil rights, well the marchers did say
Five thousand people assembled that day
From Free Derry Corner set out with a cheer
The march it was peaceful, there was nothing to fear
But the Paratroop Regiment came down the street
Five hundred men all over six feet
They carried machine guns and big SLRs
Coming down William Street in their Saracen cars

Well the orders were given in Whitehall we know
Open fire, kill a few, draw them out, have a go
No foes returned as the world knows today
Thirteen innocent men with their lives had to pay

At Free Derry Corner the slaughter began
Some people fell and some people ran
Our civil rights banner was stained bloody red
At the barricades there they shot three people dead
Well the wounded lay bleeding, a doctor is called
The firing continues and another to fall
The harvest they reaped was their bullets of lead
Bloody Sunday in Derry and thirteen men dead

The tribunal mockery was soon carried out
Just doing their duty, well there is no doubt
On England's proud history a crime added yet
How can we forgive them, how can we forget