This beautiful song was written by Christy Moore based on a poem by Pierce Mc Loughlin.
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C
O'Hara, Hughes, McCreesh and Sands,
G
Doherty and Lynch
Dm G C
McDonnell, Hurson, McIlwee, Devine
C G G7
Darkened years of winter have passed
Dm G C
Summer waits for spring before it lives
C G
Blanket clad and wasted the winter has been long
Dm G C
No gleam of hope a thoughtless nation gives
C G G7
In silence we walked through the streets
Dm G C
As one by one our hungerstrikers died.
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O'Hara, Hughes, McCreesh and Sands,
Doherty and Lynch
McDonnell, Hurson, McIlwee, Devine
Their memory is forever in my mind
Pictures of their faces in my eyes
My sorrow and grief will not subside
And my love for them I will not diguise
In silence we walked through the streets
As one by one our hungerstrikers died.
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O'Hara, Hughes, McCreesh and Sands,
Doherty and Lynch
McDonnell, Hurson, McIlwee, Devine