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We tell the story of Derry's resistance, in songs we sing from our hearts,
Those of honour, principle and courage, men and women who've all played their part.
Eamon's childhood brought up in Derry and through innocent eyes he saw,
Armed forces of the British states and the cruelty of war.
[Chorus]
The fight for Irish freedom, it has never been a crime,
We remember the story of Peggy McCourt, he was a man of his time.
[Verse]
His home was raided in the day and also late in the night,
On active service and action, on the run but still in the fight,
He followed the path of his heroes and soon came to understand,
That only a free Irish people could help build a new better land.
[Chorus]
The fight for Irish freedom, it has never been a crime,
We remember the story of Peggy McCourt, he was a man of his time.
[Verse]
The SAS ambushed a unit on the twenty eighth day of May,
His friends George and Pop, they were murdered and Peggy, he was wounded that day,
Where he travelled the routes of Francis Hughes, the Crumlin in H-Block's cell,
His part in the war he'd continue, saluting his comrades who fell.
[Chorus]
The fight for Irish freedom, it has never been a crime,
We remember the story of Peggy McCourt, he was a man of his time.
[Verse]
Well the Brits partitioned Ireland to establish a six county state,
Sectarian government in Stormont, based on bigotry and hate,
There he suffered in poverty and so much deprivation,
Women worked and men unemployed, the oppressed Irish nation.
[Chorus]
The fight for Irish freedom, it has never been a crime,
We remember the story of Peggy McCourt, he was a man of his time.
[Verse]
He looked after our children, now on the streets of Derry can kill,
We remember the men and the women, who fought with heart and iron will,
Their sacrifice be remembered and we promised to play our part,
So we raise a glass to those who passed, the bravest of the brave in our hearts.
[Chorus]
The fight for Irish freedom, it has never been a crime,
We remember the story of Peggy McCourt, he was a man of his time.
[Chorus]
The fight for Irish freedom, it has never been a crime,
We remember the story of Peggy McCourt, he was a man of his time.