Black 47 - Big Fellah Lyrics
Mo chara is mo lao thu! (My friend and my calf)Is aisling tri nallaibh (A vision in dream)Do deineadh arir dom (Was revealed to me last night)IgCorcaigh go danach (In Cork, a late hour)Ar leaba im aonar (In my solitary bed)I remember you back in the GPO with Connolly and ClarkeLaughin' with McDermott through the bullets and the sparksAlways with the smart remark, your eyes blazin' and blueBut when we needed confidence we always turned to youAnd when they shot our leaders up against Kilmainham wallYou were there beside us in that awful Easter dawnHey, big fellah..........where the hell are you nowWhen we need you the mostHey, big fellah..........c'monTabhair dom do lamh (Give me your hand)Back on the streets of Dublin when we fought the black and tansYou were there beside us, a towerin' mighty manAnd God help the informer or the hated English spyBy Jaysus, Mick, you'd crucify them without the blinkin' of an eyeStill you had a heart as soft as the early mornin' dewEvery widow, whore and orphan could always turn to youWe beat them in the cities and we whipped them in the streetsAnd the world hailed Michael Collins, our commander and our chiefAnd they sent you off to London to negotiate a dealAnd to gain us a republic, united, boys, and realBut the women and the drink, Mick, they must have got to you'Cause you came back with a country divided up in twoWe had to turn against you, Mick, there was nothin' we could do'Cause we couldn't betray the republic like Arthur Griffith and youWe fought against each other, two brothers steeped in bloodBut I never doubted that your heart was broken in the floodAnd though we had to shoot you down in golden Bal na BlathI always knew that Ireland lost her greatest son of all
