I am not there I do not sleep,

Do not stand at my grave and cry,

When Ireland lives I do not die.

A woman's place is not at home,

The fight for freedom it still goes on,

I took up my gun until freedoms day,

I pledged to fight for the I.R.A.

In Armagh jail I served my time,

Strip searches were a British crime,

Degraded me but they could not see,

I'd suffer this to see Ireland free.

Gibraltar was the place I died,

McCann and Savage were by my side,

I heard the order so loud and shrill,

Of Thatchers voice, said shoot to kill.

So do not stand at my grave,

I am not there I do not sleep,

Do not stand and my grave and cry,

When Ireland lives I do not die.