{"id":1477,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/fifth-day-of-october-the"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"fifth-day-of-october-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/fifth-day-of-october-the\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFTH DAY OF OCTOBER, THE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

There’s many a date in history of which the poet sings,
\nOf battles won and battles lost, of emperors and kings.
\nBut the fifth day of October stays in my mem’ry yet.
\nFor the things I saw in Derry town I never will forget.<\/p>\n

Now poverty and hardship have long been Ireland’s lot,
\nAnd some would say that Paddy’s land is a place that’s best forgot,
\nBut I’m a true-born Derry man and never run away,
\nSo with the few I joined the queue in the march that fateful day.<\/p>\n

The Police came on like bully boys and told us we must cease,
\nFor Derry town was not our own for marching where we please,
\nAnd wiser men and better had given this advice,
\nAnd if we dared to disagree we would pay an awful price.<\/p>\n

And then the gang advanced on us, the tyrants’ hireling crew,
\nAnd smiling in their viciousness their sticks and batons drew,
\nOn the fifth day of October I saw sights that warmed my brain,
\nThe screams and shouts or injured men, and the awful cries of pain.<\/p>\n

Oh! Fools have ruled o’er men before, but always comes a time
\nThough beaten low by savage foe from off their knees they climb,
\nAnd woe be to the tyrants when the people’s wrath is shown,
\nWhen corruption’s laws and despot’s cause are forever overthrown.<\/p>\n

Come all you true-born working men and list awhile to me,
\nThe fifth day of October will always precious be;
\nAnd freedom’s torch that Derry lit will kindle far and wide
\nWhen the struggle’s done and we’ve overcome, we can hold our head with pride.<\/p>\n

from: J. McDonnell (Ed.) Songs of struggle and protest, 1979.
\nThe notes to this song from the above mentioned book: “…The first
\nCivil Rights march was held successfully in Dungannon in August
\n1968. The events set out in the ballad The Fifth Day of October
\noccured when a Civil Rights march in Derry on October fifth, 1968,
\nwas attacked by the police, using batons, water cannon, and the
\ndreaded CS gas..”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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