[Verse]
So you divided up my land,
Six counties stayed in England's hand,
And so you take my home,
But you cannot take my mind.

Then you tried to keep me down,
With your tanks and guns in my streets and towns,
And you shoot your plastic bullets,
To keep your plastic state.

[Chorus]
In Ireland's troubled land,
Each decade brings its rebel band,
And forces of the Crown,
They try to bring them down.

But the flowers will bloom again,
And the people, they will rise again,
And then you shot him down,
So all the world could see.

[Verse]
Does it matter how you kill,
You make the rules, it is your will,
With lead or plastic bullets,
To kill, it's all the same.

Oh, I could not believe my eyes,
You took those young lads by surprise,
The way you shot them down,
That day in Derry town.

[Chorus]
In Ireland's troubled land,
Each decade brings its rebel band,
And forces of the Crown,
They try to bring them down.

But the flowers will bloom again,
And the people, they will rise again,
And then you shot him down,
So all the world could see.

[Verse]
Oh, some justice we did seek,
A place for all to live in peace,
An island in the sea,
Where people could be free.

But you cannot be proud,
The way you shot into that crowd,
A nightmare you shot them down,
That night in Belfast town.

[Chorus]
In Ireland's troubled land,
Each decade brings its rebel band,
And forces of the crown,
They try to bring them down.

But the flowers will bloom again,
And the people, they will rise again,
And then you shot him down,
So all the world could see.

[Verse]
Then shoot me, shoot me down,
Because I make my colours known,
And I heard the mercy cry,
Where people in fear do lie.

In anger, then, he ran,
With a banner stick all in his hand,
And then you shot him down,
And all the world could see.

[Chorus]
In Ireland's troubled land,
Each decade brings its rebel band,
And forces of the crown,
They try to bring them down.

But the flowers will bloom again,
And the people, they will rise again,
And then you shot him down,
So all the world could see.

[Outro]
The day you shot Seán Downes,
That day in Belfast town.