The Extradition Song

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You people of Ireland upon you I call

You stand in the north your backs to the wall

By the foe you`re surrounded, now you must decide

For Margaret Thatcher wants you on her side

You can judge British justice by whats gone before

The Birmingham Six, the Guilford Four

Thirteen men in Derry, in the H-Blocks ten more

Will you let extradition increase Maggies score?

 

[chorus]

Don`t hand them over don`t play England`s game

The word extradition should fill you with shame

If you`re proud to be Irish then live up to the name

Don`t hand them over to be tortured and framed.

 

Don`t cry pious tears for the plight of the north

While your troops man the border to support British force

You can`t have it both ways you must make a stand

You can`t honour Connolly then sell out his land

Remember those butchers who struck at Loughall

Are the very same men who put Pearse against the wall

There are few enough left to defend Ireland`s cause

Will you extradite them to face foul foreign laws?

 

The whole world now knows of Britannia`s shame

How Mairead, Sean and Danny in Gibralter were slane

And young MacAnespie on the border shot down

As he innocently walked to his own gaelic ground

So south of the border let your voices ring clear

Lest your politicians ahould turn a deaf ear

It is you who have the power in your name they shall stand

It is you who will have Irish blood on your hands.