[Verse]
Twas on a Sunday evening, the sun shone in the sky,
As he walked his way to the Gaelic pitch, did he thing he was going to die?
But as he crossed the checkpoint, the sound of gunfire came,
The news spread through that border town, Aidan McAnespie's dead.

[Chorus]
Oh, why did you do it? Had 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 murdered Aidan McAnespie, on his way to the Gaelic ground.

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

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

[Chorus]
Oh, why did you do it? Had 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 murdered Aidan McAnespie, on his way to the Gaelic ground.

[Verse]
Poor Aidan's life had ended, it was time for judgment day,
The soldier jumped down from the tower and the coward, he slipped away,
God's curse on you Britain, for this cruel deed you've done,
But God will have his final say, as your judgment day will come.

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

[Chorus]
Oh, why did you do it? Had 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 murdered Aidan McAnespie, on his way to the Gaelic ground.