Array ( [sid] => 127699 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Streets of Derry (Bloody Sunday) [time] => 2006-11-01 15:47:46 [hometext] => About the murder of 14 innocent civilians by British soldiers in Derry, Ireland, 1972. [bodytext] => Catholics march for civil rights,
Catholics run from fire fights,
Shot them dead in Old Derry,
Not separate were forest and trees.

Fourteen lives is not a barter,
Fourteen more young Irish martyrs,
Parents, children, faces, names,
They bled to death alone the same.

River of blood in Derry's streets,
Soldiers laugh at their heroic feats,
Innocents dead from shooting spree,
They dared to march against tyranny.

I guess in death, they will be free,
That's how England runs democracy,
For this was just Cruel Britain's way,
In Derry's streets, on Bloody Sunday. [comments] => 4 [counter] => 237 [topic] => 8 [informant] => BobbyZimmerman [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 15 [ratings] => 3 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => AmericanTragedy ) Your Poetry Dot Com - Streets of Derry (Bloody Sunday)


Streets of Derry (Bloody Sunday)
Date: Wednesday, 1st November 2006 @ 03:47:46 PM AEST
Topic: Sad Poetry

Contributed By: BobbyZimmerman
Catholics march for civil rights,
Catholics run from fire fights,
Shot them dead in Old Derry,
Not separate were forest and trees.

Fourteen lives is not a barter,
Fourteen more young Irish martyrs,
Parents, children, faces, names,
They bled to death alone the same.

River of blood in Derry's streets,
Soldiers laugh at their heroic feats,
Innocents dead from shooting spree,
They dared to march against tyranny.

I guess in death, they will be free,
That's how England runs democracy,
For this was just Cruel Britain's way,
In Derry's streets, on Bloody Sunday.

This poem is Copyright © BobbyZimmerman


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