"We demand civil rights" well the marchers did say,
Five thousand people assembled that day,
From Free Derry Corner set out with a cheer,
The march it was peaceful, there was nothing to fear.

But the Paratroop Regiment came down the street,
Five hundred men all over six feet,
They carried machine guns and big SLRs
Coming down William Street in their Saracen cars.

Well the orders were given in Whitehall you know,
Open fire, kill a fеw, draw them out, have a go,
No fire was rеturned as the world knows today,
Thirteen innocent men with their lives had to pay.

At Free Derry Corner the slaughter began,
Some people fell and some people ran,
Our civil rights banner was stained bloody red,
At the barricades there they shot three people dead.

While the wounded lay bleeding, a doctor is called,
The firing continues and another two fall,
The harvest they reaped with their bullets of lead,
Bloody Sunday in Derry and thirteen men dead.

Their tribunal mockery was soon carried out,
Just doing their duty, well there is no doubt,
On England's proud history a crime added yet,
How can we forgive them, how can we forget?.