Long Kesh

Rise Again:

Struggle

p. 256

First Line:

I went down to Long Kesh to see Bobby Sands

Artist & Tune

Composed by:

Matt Jones

Reference

Genre:

composed folk US

Culture:

Irish

About the Song

Words & music by Matt Jones. The song was written after a visit to the prison in Northern Ireland (where the IRA activist Bobby Sands died during a hunger strike). Jones was a civil rights activist & identified with the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland.

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Misc Info

Alt Lyrics

I went down to Long Kesh to see Bobby Sands
He was not there but his spirit keeps on living
I could see his shining face on the men & on the women
And the children, they sang Freedom songs

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