[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I'll sing you of an army brave
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Who fights from the cradle to the grave
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The people'll be no longer slaves
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The INLA freedom fighters.
[Verse 2]
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Followers of Connolly
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They fight to bring us liberty
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Socialism we might see
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With the INLA freedom fighters.
[Verse 3]
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"Saoirse Go Deo" is our cry!
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The Starry Plough our flag flies high!
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England's tyranny we defy!
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We're the INLA freedom fighters!
[Verse 4]
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Rising throughout the land
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Connolly in head: gun in hand,
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The working class will take a stand
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With the INLA freedom fighters,
[Verse 5]
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Fighting for the working class,
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The priest condemns us at the Mass,
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But this will not turn us from our task
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As the INLA freedom fighters.
[Verse 6]
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To meet the Tory tyrant's greed,
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A volunteer a bomb did leave,
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To kill the imperial Aire Neave
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'Twas they — the freedom fighters!
[Verse 7]
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Murder, torture, imprisonment,
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Our movement is still not spent,
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We vow to make our foes relent
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We're the INLA freedom fighters.
[Verse 8]
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The Brits try to criminalise
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Our comrades, who on The Blanket lie,
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Make sure that the fight does not subside;
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We're the INLA freedom fighters.
[Verse 9]
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Captured guerrillas to jail are sent,
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As pris'ners of war, their time is spent,
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With heads unbowed and knees unbent —
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Unbroken freedom fighter.
[Verse 10]
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The news in 1981
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A hunger strike for rights begun,
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But an empty victory was won
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For all the freedom fighters.
[Verse 11]
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At British hands died Bobby Sands,
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McCreesh and Hughes for the Five Demands,
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O'Hara's death our symbol stands,
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We're the INLA freedom fighters.
[Verse 12]
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Aye on beneath our banners high,
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To avenge our comrades who have died,
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Let the fight go on as Patsy said
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For the INLA freedom fighters.
[Verse 13]
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I'll sing you of an army brave
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Who fights from the cradle to the grave
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The people'll be no longer slaves
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The INLA freedom fighters.
[Verse 14]
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Followers of Connolly
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They fight to bring us liberty
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Socialism we might see
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With the INLA freedom fighters.
[Verse 15]
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"Saoirse Go Deo" is our cry!
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The Starry Plough our flag flies high!
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England's tyranny we defy!
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We're the INLA freedom fighters!