{"id":1542,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/hey-sandy"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"hey-sandy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/hey-sandy\/","title":{"rendered":"HEY SANDY"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The sun was hot, the air heavy, and the marching men came by
\nYou stood at door, you watched them pass, you asked no reason why
\nThe sound of steel of their jackboot heel came pound through your head
\nYour reason’s past, they’ve came at last, with the blessings of the dead<\/p>\n

Chorus:
\nHey Sandy, hey Sandy why are you the one
\nAll the years of growing up are wasted now and gone
\nDid you see them turn did you feel the burn of the bullets as they flew
\nHey Sandy, hey Sandy just what did you do<\/p>\n

At the college square, they were standing there, with the flag and with the gun
\nAnd the whispered words as the ones young stirred, saying, ‘Why are you the one?’
\nAnd the air was still with lonely thrill of now the hour is near
\nAnd the smell of sweat was better yet, than the awful smell of fear<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

The awful shout, as you all ran out, saying, why are these things done?’
\nAnd you stood and stared, yet no one cared for another campus bum
\nYour songs are dead and your instead are to the funeral pyre
\nAnd the words of youth, like love and truth, are just ashes on the fire<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

Did you throw no stone, at the men alone, with their bayonets fixed for hire?
\nDid you think that they would kill no one, did you scream as they opened fire
\nAnd the square ran red, with your blood stains spread, and the darkness round you grew
\nDid you feel the pain, did you call the name of the man you never knew<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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