{"id":1345,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/birmingham-six"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"birmingham-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/birmingham-six\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham Six"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

There were six men in Birmingham
\nIn Guildford there’s four
\nThat were picked up and tortured
\nAnd framed by the law
\nAnd the filth got promotion
\nBut they’re still doing time
\nFor being Irish in the wrong place
\nAnd at the wrong time<\/p>\n

In Ireland they’ll put you away in the Maze
\nIn England they’ll keep you for several long days
\nGod help you if ever you’re caught on these shores
\nAnd the coppers need someone
\nAnd they walk through that door<\/p>\n

You’ll be counting years
\nFirst five, then ten
\nGrowing old in a lonely hell
\nRound the yard and the stinking cell
\nFrom wall to wall, and back again<\/p>\n

A curse on the judges, the coppers and screws
\nWho tortured the innocent, wrongly accused,
\nFor the price of promotion
\nAnd justice to sell
\nMay the judged be their judges when they rot down in hell<\/p>\n

May the whores of the empire lie awake in their beds
\nAnd sweat as they count out the sins on their heads
\nWhile over in Ireland eight more men lie dead
\nKicked down and shot in the back of the head<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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