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youngest of them all - shebeen lyrics

[verse 1]
they said you’d seen so much sorrow and tears
they talk of the rebels who died
of the brave volunteers who give their lives through the years
from creggan and from the bogside
sixteen years old, [from shantallow?]
michael meenen was the youngest of them all
though barely a man, yet old enough to understand
he answered this country’s call

[chorus]
the fight still goes on, never seeming to end
and god knows it shouldn’t be so
if all irish men were as brave as young ben
the chains we’d’ve broken long ago

[verse 2]
happened on a night of ’74
as the feast of halloween was drawing nigh
to strike out the foe, with comrades he’ll go
the targets to bomb and destroy
explosion was heard in the streets ’round his home
m*ffled sound carry in the air
a community cried from their hearts deep inside
the news of his death they did hear
[chorus]
the fight still goes on, never seeming to end
and god knows it shouldn’t be so
if all irish men were as brave as young ben
the chains we’d’ve broken long ago

[verse 3]
so tragically ended a young heroes life
before it had even begun
for ireland he paid the supreme sacrifice
the price of a patriot’s soul
and in the estates of shantallow today
his name is remembered with pride
michael meenan, you’re gone but your spirit lives on
through example at ever*burning light

[chorus]
the fight still goes on, never seeming to end
and god knows it shouldn’t be so
if all irish men were as brave as young ben
the chains we’d’ve broken long ago
the chains we’d’ve broken long ago

- shebeen lyrics

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