Library:The Freedom Fighter

The Freedom Fighter
Author	The Men of No Property
Written in	1977
Type	Song
Source	https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=10ARSgqom_M

Lyrics

From the back streets of the city,

out of the darkness came a man.

Dressed in a dark green battle jacket

with a carbine in his hand.

He came to organize the people,

told them, "do not be afraid."

"If working people stick together

we must win," that's what he said.

He wandered through the streets of Belfast,

there was a big price on his head.

He organized and he taught the people,

never two nights in one place stayed.

Internment came but they did not take him.

"Go to the south," his good friend said.

"Our days of running they are over

we'll fight at the barricades instead."

Then came the night that I will remember,

came the night of the markets raid.

When two sides of the people's army

stood together unafraid.

With a small band of his comrades

a regiment he held at bay.

All night he fought along the rooftops

that his friends they might get away.

Down by Joy street he was walking.

The Special Branch had laid their plan.

Soldiers shot him down unarmed.

God, they feared that brave young man.

They murdered Joe down in the markets,

the people's friend was lying dead.

We won't forget the words he told us.

"Organize!" was what he said.