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It was on a Sunday evening, the sun shone in the sky,
As he made his way to the Gaelic ground, never thinking he was going to die,
As he reached the checkpoint, the sound of gunfire came,
The news spread through the border town, Aidan McAnespie was slain.

[Chorus]
Oh, why did you do it? Have you not the guts to say?
You said, "It was an accident or even a ricochet",
But like Loughgall and Gibraltar, your lies are well renowned,
You've murdered Aidan McAnespie, on his way to the Gaelic ground.

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For years he was hounded, by the forces of the Crown,
As he walked to work every day, he left his native town,
The soldiers swore they'd get him, for reasons no one can say,
And sure enough they murdered him, in cold blood on that sunny day.

[Chorus]
Oh, why did you do it? Have you not the guts to say?
You said, "It was an accident or even a ricochet",
But like Loughgall and Gibraltar, your lies are well renowned,
You've murdered Aidan McAnespie, on his way to the Gaelic ground.

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The people heard the gunfire, they came from miles around,
They saw that young man lying there, he was dying on the ground,
His flow of life was ebbing fast, the people, they did their best,
But the bullet wound was far too deep, it past right through his chest.

[Chorus]
Oh, why did you do it? Have you not the guts to say?
You said, "It was an accident or even a ricochet",
But like Loughgall and Gibraltar, oh, your lies are well renowned,
You've murdered Aidan McAnespie, on his way to the Gaelic ground.

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Well Aidan's life had ended, it was time for judgment day,
But the soldier he jumped down from his tower, the coward, he slipped away,
God curse on you England, for this cruel deed you've done,
But God will have sill final say, when your judgment day it comes.

[Chorus]
Oh, why did you do it? Have you not the guts to say?
You said, "It was an accident or even a ricochet",
But like Loughgall and Gibraltar, your lies are well renowned,
For you've murdered Aidan McAnespie, on his way to the Gaelic ground.

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To say, "It was an accident", was the greatest crime of all,
To his heartbroken family, the worst that could befall,
A cross now marks that lonely spot, where Aidan was shot down,
As he walked on that sunny evening, on his way to the Gaelic ground.

[Chorus]
Oh, why did you do it? Have you not the guts to say?
You said, "It was an accident or even a ricochet",
But like Loughgall and Gibraltar, oh, your lies are well renowned,
For you've murdered Aidan McAnespie, on his way to the Gaelic ground,
Yes you've murdered Aidan McAnespie, on his way to the Gaelic ground.