[Verse]
Twas 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,
But as he crossed 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?
To say, "It was an accident or even a ricochet",
But like Loughgall and Gibraltar, your lies are well renowned,
For you murdered Aidan McAnespie, on his way to the Gaelic ground.

[Verse]
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 could say,
And sure enough they murdered him, in cold blood on 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 flow of life was ending fast, the people, they did their best,
But 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?
To say, "It was an accident or even a ricochet",
But like Loughgall and Gibraltar, your lies are well renowned,
For you murdered Aidan McAnespie, on his way to the Gaelic ground.

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Aidan's life was ending, it was time for judgment day,
The soldier jumped down from the tower, the coward, he ran away,
God's curse on you England, for this cruel deed you've done,
But God will have the final say, when your judgment day will come.

To say, "It was an accident", was the greatest crime of all,
To his heartbroken family, it's the worst that can 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?
To say, "It was an accident or even a ricochet",
But like Loughgall and Gibraltar, your lies are well renowned,
For you murdered Aidan McAnespie, on his way to the Gaelic ground,
Yes you murdered Aidan McAnespie, on his way to the Gaelic ground.