Tom Williams
Tom Williams
Tom Williams - an IRA man - was hanged in 1942 for his part in the death of an RUC man. The RUC officer - Patrick Murphy - was shot dead during a shoot-out with Williams and five other IRA volunteers.
Although the other five - including Joe Cahill, a close ally of Sinn Feins Gerry Adams, at the time of the Irish peace talks in 1994 - had their death sentences commuted, Williams who admitted full repsonsibility for the death of the policeman, was hanged in Crumlin Road prison, Belfast on 2nd September, 1942.
This is a irish rebel song commemorating his death.
[G] Time goes by and years roll [D] onward
[C] still in [D] memory fresh I’ll [G] keep
of a night in Belfast [D] prison
Una[C]shamedly I [D] saw men [G] weep
As the time was fast approaching
a man lay sentenced for to die
and on the second of September
he goes to meet his God on high
Now he’s marching towards scaffold
head erect he shows no fear
and while standing on that scaffold
Ireland cross he holds so dear
Now the cruel blow has fallen
for Ireland he has given all
He who in the flower of manhood
proudly answered to her call
Brave Tom Williams we salute you
and we never shall forget
those who planned your brutal murder
we vow we’ll make them all regret
[G] So I say to Irish [D] soldiers
[C] If on [D] Toms path you shall [G] stray
Just keep memory of that [Em] morn
When Ireland’s [C] cross was proudly [D] borne
By a man who lies within a prison [C] grave…[G]
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