When Come The Statue? Lyrics

Anseo a luíonn an fear

Anseo atá an corp

An dtiocfaidh an dealbh?

Anseo a caoin an fear

Tá bhean a d'éagh

An dtiocfaidh an dealbh?

Here died a man of integrity

Nobody cares to remember

Starvation calls for all to see now

Rich man's legacy

As the babies fell one by one

Mothers died fathers cried

Refused the freedom of choice

They knew, Lord they knew

Here died a man

Here lie the corpse

When come the statue

Here cried the man

For his wife he lost

When come the statue

Here died a man on hungry grass

Nobody saw the crime

His world had crossed a new path

As the ransomed fought now in line

Within the circle of wholesome faith

Wooden totems and royal shame

Laid waste a child with cold passing stares

Lord they know

Here died a man

Here lie the corpse

When come the statue

Here cried the man

For his wife he lost

When come the statue

I said Lord now

When come the statue

I said now don't you hear me

When come the statue

Here died a man

Here lie the corpse

When come the statue

Here cried the man

For his wife he lost

When come the statue

Here died a man many years ago

When the foreign hand prevailed

And the freedom song on a winter's day

Preached on high now his tale

As the babies fell one by one

Mothers died fathers cried

Refused the freedom of choice

They knew Lord they knew

Here died a man

Here lie the corpse

When come the statue

Here cried the man

For his wife he lost

When come the statue

I said here died a man

Here lie the corpse

Here cried the man

When come the statue

Now here cried a man

For his wife he lost

Here cried the man

When come the statue