[Verse]
In Milltown's lonely graveyard, a man lays at rest,
Our own Bobby Sands, the brave and the best,
Our hero lies sleeping, in a green Irish grave,
We will always remember the life that you gave.

He fought for his country and died for her cause ,
Against British invaders, he hated their laws,
From the dawning of freedom, from slavery's chain,
He gave his young life and did not die in vain.

[Chorus]
No, we haven't forgotten the year of '81 ,
On the first day of March, the hunger strike had begun,
Bobby Sands and nine comrades, they fought for their rights,
To set Ireland free, they gave up their lives.

[Verse]
To your memory, dear Bobby, who died on that day,
And to all your brave comrades of the bold IRA,
Who fought for their country and died for their land,
To your memory, dear Bobby, only we can understand.

You died on hunger strike and we bid you farewell,
Francis Hughes, Ray McCreesh, Patsy O'Hara as well
Joe McDonnell, Martin Hurson, Kevin Lynch, Kieran Doherty,
Along with Thomas McElwee and Mickey Devine.

[Chorus]
No, we haven't forgotten the year of '81 ,
On the first day of March, the hunger strike had begun,
Bobby Sands and nine comrades, they fought for their rights,
To set Ireland free, they gave up their lives.

[Verse]
Many years has rolled by since you left us in tears,
Your names forever will ring in our ears,
And the time that you left us was the year of '81,
And for you, ten brave martyrs, the struggle goes on.

[Chorus]
No, we haven't forgotten the year of '81 ,
On the first day of March, the hunger strike had begun,
Bobby Sands and nine comrades, they fought for their rights ,
To set Ireland free, they gave up their lives.