[Verse]
Was on a Sunday evening, the sun shone in the sky,
As he walked on his way to the Gaelic ground, not thinking he was going to die,
As he crossed the checkpoint, the sound of gunfire came,
The news spread through the border town, Aidan McAnespie's dead.

For years he was harassed, by the forces of the Crown,
As he went to work each morning, out from his native town,
Soldiers swore they'd get him, for reasons no one could say,
And sure enough they murdered him, in cold blood, that sunny day.

[Chorus]
Oh, why did you do it? Have you not the guts to say?
You say, "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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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 ending fast, the people, cried that day,
The that 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 say, "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.

[Verse]
Aidan's life has ended, it was time for judgment day,
And the soldier he jumped from the tower and the bastard, he slipped away,
God's curse on you England, this cruel deed you done,
And God will have your final say, your judgment day it comes.

[Chorus]
Oh, why did you do it? Have you not the guts to say?
You say, "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.

[Verse]
To say, "It was an accident", the greatest crime of all,
His heartbroken family, was the worst that can befall,
And a cross now marks that lonely spot, where Aidan was shot down,
As he walked 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 say, "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,
Yes, you've murdered young Aidan McAnespie, on his way to the Gaelic ground.