Oh me name is Joe McDonnell from Belfast town I came,
That city I will never see again
For in the town of Belfast I spent many happy days
I Love that town in Oh so many ways
For it's there I spent my childhood and found for me a wife
I then set out to make for her a life
But all my young ambitions met with bitterness and hate
I soon found myself inside a prison gate
And you dare to call me a terrorist while you look down your gun
When I think of all the deeds that you have done
You have plundered many nations divided many lands
You have terrorised their people you ruled with an iron hand
And you brought this reign of terror to my land
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