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Once upon a time there wasIrish ways and irish lawsVillages of irish bloodwaking to the morning goodBut england and her soldiers camestarted centuries of shameRaped our women stole our graincalled this land a different nameKilled the leaders killed the youngput to the sword or gun or hunghistory taught this to mebut what some learn is a travestyI'm saying no slaying is playing it rightand death is the legacy of this fightbut a fight for peace agains injusticethe time has come to discuss thisSAD AFFAIRI had a dream of days to comewhen orange only ment the summer sunand not the knife that cuts aparta nations soul a nations hearta thousand tears my mother shedsons and daughters have died and bledLetras de cancionesi cannot forget their brave examplethank you all for whom i tremplepeople have been mistreat for too longhow long to sing this sad songconnolly said we shall rise againand surely one day the pain must endsome say......thats a bridge too farsome they say......tiocfaidh are la!some pretend the problems don't existsome attack and some resist...it's aSAD AFFAIRSome say one day our day will comethe race is run we know the outcomethe tide is on the side of the greenthe butchers apron no longer seenbut all i know is that peace must winand i thought this was Ireland mot Britaina six country state is a bastard statewhy oh why can't we all integratebut my people suffer great injustice dailycondemned by racism in the baileythe Guildford Four, Maguires and the SixInnocent! but guilty of being Micksand my culture is as strong as a pyramidand you will pay for these things you didnot just to we but to the AfricanThe Asian and the true Americanand tomorrow the sorrow will continueand the hatred will fester in the sinewi feel like a stranger in the land where i was borni just have to wait for a new dawn.....it's aSAD AFFAIR From Letras Mania