The news came through last Tuesday night, to paralyse the truth A man lay dead in London, gunned down in his youth A bitter hail of stories, telling what went on But the blood upon the pavements told a story of it's own
A little house in Hammersmith invaded in the night. With a hundred in their death squads, to be sure and get it right Assembled in the darkness with their hatred un-concealed To murder Diarmuid O'Neill
Now Major's calling up his men to praise a job well done With special commendations for those that held the guns Arrest a dozen Irishmen to help the story stick The coldness of you people, makes me sick
So be careful now you papermen, the British leaders say You know that we can never hope to beat the IRA So be careful while you write your lies, for our people must not see Just how we hold Ireland, un-free
For England, your crimes are not over You will not have the blood you crave You will never break our will, with your Shoot-To-Kill And our people, they will not be your slaves