REBEL MASSIVE
WHOH HO HO HO
REBEL MASSIVE WE GOINı REBEL MASIVVE
WHOH HO HO HO
REBEL MASSIVE WE GOINı REBEL MASSIVE
..ON COMMON GROUND IS WHERE WE MAKE A START
THEN WE GONNA TAKE WHATıS RIGHTFULLY OURS
WHY DO WE ALWAYS LOOK AT WHAT DIVIDES US?
WHEN ITıS SO EASY TO SEE WHAT UNITES US?
END OF THE DAY WE ALL WANT THE SAME
AN HONEST DAYıS WORK FOR AN HONEST DAYıS PAY
EL PPUEBLO UNIDO JAMAS SERA VENCIDO
YOU WONDER WHY WE STILL NOT UNITED BRO
STOP WITH WONDERING WHY AND WONDER WHAT IF,
WE GET TOGETHER REBEL MASSIVE
Chorus
TAKE A LOOK AT WHO WE CHOOSE TO LEAD US
DO YOU REALLY THINK THEY GONNA HEED US?
BILLIONAIRE MAYOR, CORPORATE PRESIDENT
NEVER SWEATED TRYINı TO MAKE RENT
THEY JUST RUNNINı A GLOBAL PLANITATION
THEY NOT CONCERNED
WITH OUR SITUATION
BUT THEREıS ALOT
MORE OF US THAN OF THEM
GOTTA GET
REBEL MASSIVE
Chorus
NOW IF THIS SONG
MAKES YOU FEEL UNSTEADY
I THINK ITıS BEST
FOR YOU TO GET READY.
BARRICADE THE OFFICES,
CELEBRITY CRIBS,
WE COMMINı AT YOU
REBEL MASSIVE
Chorus
MISE EIRE
MISE EIRE, MISE EIRE
I LOVE THIS LAND
EVERY WOMAN EVERY MAN
MISE EIRE MISE EIRE
A WORKERS REPUBLIC,
AN EVERLASTING PEACE
I AM YOUR SON,
BESIDE THE LAGAN
WOLFE TONE
AND THOMAS RUSSELL
BEGAN THE UNITED IRISHMAN
THE RIVER FLOWS
FORCES OF NATURE
CARRY ALL IN ITS PATH
TO THE PLACE
ITıS MEANT TO BE.
Chorus
I AM YOUR SERVANT
MOTHER IRELAND
WHERE DAN BREEN
AND SEAN TRACEY
SHOT THE COPPERS
IN THE GLEN
POBLACHT NA hERIN
WORKERS AND FARMERS
YOUıRE NOT ONLY FREE
BUT GAELIC
NOT JUST GAELIC
BUT ALSO FREE
Chorus
I AM YOUR SON
BESIDE THE CLYDE
BROTHER WALFRID
CAME TO THE GALLOWGATE
MAINTAINED OUR DIGNITY
THE RIVER FLOWS,
FORCES OF NATURE
CARRY ALL IN ITS PATH,
TO THE PLACE
ITıS MEANT TO BE
Chorus
MISE EIRE MISE EIRE
SIN ME NA
ANCHAILLEACH BHEARRA
MOR MO GHLOIR:
ME A RUD
CU CHULAINN CROGA.
MOR MO NAIR:
MO CHLANN FEIN
A DHIOL A MATHAIR.
MISE EIRE:
UAIGHNI ME NA AN
CHAILLEACH BHEARRA.
Chorus
I AM YOUR DAUGHTER,
BESIDE THE SHANNON
WHERE MAIRE PEROLZ
LED THE PEELERS
A RIGHT MERRY DANCE
THE RIVER FLOWS,
FORCES OF NATURE
CARRY ALL IN ITS PATH
TO THE PLACE
ITıS MEANT TO BE
Chorus
I AM YOUR SON,
BESIDE THE HUDSON
JAMES CONNOLLY
CAME TO ALBANY
TOLD THE WORKERS
TO ORGANISE
AND FROM HIS GRAVE
EVOKED A SPITRIT
TOLD THE BOLD MIKE QUILL
TO BURN THE JUDGES ROBE
Chorus
I AM YOUR SON
BESIDE THE LIFFEY
PEARSE READ THE
PROCLAIMATION
DECLARED OUR SOVEREIGNTY
THE RIVER FLOWS,
FORCES OF NATURE
CARRY ALL IN ITS PATH
TO THE PLACE
ITıS MEANT TO BE
Chorus X 2
I AM IRELAND, I AM IRELAND,
I AM OLDER THAN
THE OLD WOMAN OF BEARE.
GREAT MY GLORY
I THAT BORE CUCHULAINN
THE VALLIANT.
GREATMY SHAME
MY OWN CHILDREN
THAT SOLD THEIR MOTHER.
I AM IRELAND,
I AM LONLIER THAN
THE OLD WOMAN OF BEARE.
(ENGLISH TRANSLATION
OF THE POEM MISE EIRE:
Patrick Henry Pearse 1912)
SUNDAY NIGHT CRUEL
DONıT KNOW HOW IT STARTED,
BUT I SURE KNEW THE END
WAS DRUNK IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE ROAD AT A BEND
NEXT THING WAS BLIND SIDED
SHE SAYS SURELY YOU KNEW
HEREıS TO CONDITIONAL LOVE BABE
ON A SUNDAY NIGHT CRUEL
SUNDAY NIGHT AND
IıM OUT ON THE TEAR AGAIN
WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU DO
ON A SUNDAY NIGHT CRUEL
I SEEN HER EARLY THIS EVENING
SHE WAS LOOKINı SO FINE
SEEMS LIKE SHEıS
FOUND HER FREEDOM
FEELS LIKE IıM DOINı TIME
I TOLD HER I LOVED HER
SHE SHRUGGED
AND TOLD ME SHE KNEW
I KNEW HER HEART
WAS ELSEWHERE
ON A SUNDAY NIGHT CRUEL
I GAVE YOU MY HEART
I GAVE YOU MY EVERYTHING
YOU WERE TOO
WRAPPED UP IN YOU
TO SEE ANYTHING
SUNDAY NIGHT
AND IıM OUT ON
THE TEAR AGAIN
WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU DO
ON A SUNDAY NIGHT CRUEL
REVERAND ALıS ASKING WHY
SOMEBODY TELL ME
FRIENDS TELL ME
FORGET HER
JUST LEAVE THINGS BE
SO I FORGET ALL ABOUT HER
AND IıVE FORGOT ABOUT FOOD
AND FORGET ABOUT SLEEPING
ON A SUNDAY NIGHT CRUEL
SUNDAY NIGHT AND IıM
OUT ON THE TEAR AGAIN
WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU DO
ON A SUNDAY NIGHT CRUEL
NOW ITıS TWO IN THE MORNING
BUT I AINıT GOING HOME
COS THEREıS NO ONE TO GO TO
SO I DRINK HERE ALONE
DONıT TAKE LOVE FOR GRANTED
YOUıRE A FOOL IF YOU DO
AND YOUıLL END UP BESIDE ME
ON A SUNDAY NIGHT CRUEL
I GAVE YOU MY HEART
I GAVE YOU MY EVERYTHING
YOU WEıRE TOO
WRAPPED UP IN YOU
TO SEE ANYTHING
SUNDAY NIGHT AND IıM
OUT ON THE TEAR AGAIN
WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU DO
ON A SUNDAY HIGHR CRUEL
BELLA CIAO
UNA MATINA MI SON SVEGLITA
BELLA CIAO BELLA CIAO
BELLA CIAO CIAO CIAO
UNA MATINA MI SON SVEGLITA
EDO HO TROVATO LıINVASOR
O PARTIGIANO, PORTAMI VIA
PERCHE ME SEMBRA DI MORIR
ESE IO MUOIO SULLA MONTAGNA
TU MI DEVI SEPPELLIR
TU MI SEPPELLIRE
SOTTO LıOMBRA DI UN BEL FIOR
E TUTTI QUELLI CHE PASSERANNO
E POI DIRANNO CHE BEL FIOR
BELLA CIAO - translation
I WOKE THIS MORNING
AND ALL SEEMED PEACEFUL
BELLA CIAO, BELLA CIAO,
BELLA CIAO CIAO CIAO
I WOKE THIS MORNING
AND ALL SEEMED PEACEFUL
BUT OPPRESSION STILL EXISTS.
OH FREEDOM FIGHTER,
I WANT TO FIGHT TOO
BELLA CIAO, BELLA CIAO,
BELLA CIAO CIAO CIAO
OH FREEDOM FIGHTER,
I WANT TO FIGHT TOO
AGAINST THEIR LIVING DEATH.
AND IF I DIE, A FREEDOM FIGHTER,
BELLA CIAO, BELLA CIAO,
BELLA CIAO CIAO CIAO
AND IF I DIE, A FREEDOM FIGHTER,
THEN YOUıLL HAVE TO BURY ME.
LET MY BODY REST
IN THE MOUNTAINS
BELLA CIAO, BELLA CIAO,
BELLA CIAO CIAO CIAO
LET MY BODY REST
IN THE MOUNTAINS
IN THE SHADOW OF MY FLOWER.
AND ALL THE PEOPLE
WHO WILL PASS BY THERE
BELLA CIAO, BELLA CIAO,
BELLA CIAO CIAO CIAO
AND ALL THE PEOPLE
WHO WILL PASS BY THERE
WILL SHOW THAT LOVELY FLOWER.
THIS IS THE BLOSSOM
OF THOSE THAT DIED HERE
BELLA CIAO, BELLA CIAO,
BELLA CIAO CIAO CIAO
THIS IS THE BLOSSOM
OF THOSE THAT DIED HERE
FOR LAND AND LIBERTY.
50 PINTS OF STOUT
50 PINTS OF STOUT
AND ME ONLY JUST STARTED
TURN UP THE MUSIC,
ME WANNA PARTY HARDER
I LOVE ME G AND ME G LOVES ME
TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME
WHAT A COUPLE WE
DONıT WANNA HEAR TECHNO
AT SOME FACY CLUB
COS I KNOW MY BABY
WAITS FOR ME AT THE PUB
WE SIT FOR HOURS
WE ALWAYS GET ALONG
NO NEED TO TALK
OUR LOVE IS TOO STRONG
CLOSING TIME
BUT I FEEL NO ALARM
STEPPING OUT TO THE AVE
WITH G UNDER MY ARM
HIT MY CRIB
WATCH TV FOR A WHILE
LAUGH AT JACKIE GLEASON
THEN I GIVE G A SMILE
UP THE STAIRS
AND INTO MY ROOM
NOW IS THE TIME
FOR A LITTLE BIT OF ZOOM-ZOOM
DONıT NEED A JIMMY HAT
WHEN I CLIMB INTO BED
GUARENTEED
GOOD CREAMY HEAD
FINALLY
WHEN I FALL FAST ASLEEP
INTO THE NIGHT
SHE GOES WITHOUT A PEEP
SO LIFT, DONıT WAVE
YOUR PINTS IN THE AIR
DRINK THEM DOWN
LIKE YOU JUST DONıT CARE
Chorus
I OFTEN LEAVE G
WAITING AT THE BAR
COS SEANCHAI
TRAVELS NEAR AND AFAR
SUDDENLY G APPEARS ON THE BUS
ALL THE OTHER SQUAD
KICK UP SUCH A FUS
JASON AND RACHEL
SCRAMBLE MAD TO THE BACK
FLO GIVES A NOD
SHE SCORED ANOTHER
FOUR PACK
RIGHT SAID FRED
AND GEOFF SAID RIGHT
GONNA ROCK THE CASBAH
ALL THE DAY
AND ALL THE NIGHT
MURRAYıS FLIPPINı,
SLIPPINı OUT OF HIS RACK
TORAH! TORAH! TORAH!
KAMIKAZEE ATTACK
MUTUAL ADMIRATION
POINT OF SATURATION
DRINKING MORE PINTS OF G
THAN 101 DALMNATIONS
COMES TO STOUT
IıM WILLIN AND IıM ABLE
DRINK MacGOWAN
RIGHT UNDER THE TABLE
DROP KICK MURPHYS?
SURELY YOUıRE JESTINı
BOSTON MOB
OUGHT TO STICK TO DORCHESTER
BRING BILL BUCKNER
DOWN TO MY TOWN
TRY TO TALK OR SING
LOUD AND PROUD
SO LIFT, DONıT
Chorus
ANNE SHARKIE
IıM A STRONG IRISH WOMAN
FROM DUBLIN TOWN
INDEPENDENT,
IN WANT OF NOTHING
BUT UNDER THIS SKY
IıD BE TELLINı YE LIES
IF I DIDNıT TELL YE
I NEED SOMETHINı
THE SOMETHINı I NEED
IS THE SOMETHINı YOU WANT
IıM READY Nı I HAVE A PLAN
UP THE SIDE OF THE HILL
WHERE WEıLL BOTH
HAVE OUR FILL
SO COME HERE TO ME HANDSOME MAN
CHAMPAGNE AND ROSES
ARE JUST FOR POSERS
METROSEXUAL YUPPIE CREEPS
POTIN AND RIBEENA
COS WEıRE BOTH NA FIANNA
DIGGINı IN AND WEıRE DIGGINı IN DEEP
SO OVER THE BAR BOY
TAKE YOUR POINT
ITıS LIKE MUSIC IN THE GLEN
THEN WHEN IT SETS
IN THE BACK OF THE NET
WEıLL START UP ALL OVER AGAIN
GIMME 5 TIMES
GIMME 5 TIMES JACKIE
GIMME 5 TIMES
YEAH. I KNOW
IıVE BEEN DOWN ON MY LUCK
GIMME 5 TIMES JACKIE
GIMME 5 TIMES
YEAH, I GUESS
I NEVER KNOW
WHENıS ENOUGH
WHEN HE GOT UP
IN THE MORNING
IT CAME WITHOUT WARNING
SUNDAY FIRE
RAGING UP SIDE HIS BRAIN
HE LET OUT A GROAN
THEN HE GRABBED
FOR THE PHONE
GOT TO GET IT IN
BEFORE ITıS TOO LATE
Chorus
JACKIE TOOK THE ACTION
WITH QUIET SATISFACTION
HE SHOOK HIS HEAD
AS HE WROTE IN HIS BOOK
NONE OF MY CONCERN
BUT THIS KID WILL
NEVER LEARN
ITıII TAKE A LIFETIME
FOR HIM TO MAKE GOOD
Chorus
IN HIS CAR OUT SIDE A DINER
OUT ON STATEN ISLAND
SITTING PRETTY
WITH THE RADIO ON
HE LIGHTS UP A JOINT
AND THEY MISS
THE EXTRA POINT
SLAMS THE DASHBOARD
AND THEN HE WAS GONE
Chorus
HIS BODY WAS FOUND
IN THE GOWANUS CANAL
THEY PUT A WHITE SHEET
OVER HIS HEAD
ONE COP SAYS TO ANOTHER
THERES ANOTHER DEAD SUCKER
CAUSE THE JETS
COULDNıT COVER THE SPREAD
Chorus
WEıRE IN SEVILLE
WEıRE IN SEVILLE X 4
KEVINıS CALLING IT
CHUCKIE-STOCK
EIGHTY THOUSAND TIMS
ROCKINı THE BLOCK
DOWN THE TOWN BY
THE CAHEDRAL AND THE PLAZA
KNOCKING BACK CERVESA
FASTER THAN GAZZA
HAIL! HAIL! MO CHARA
THE CELTS ARE HERE
LESS THAN A EURO
FOR A FOURTY OF BEER
UNDER A SOMBRERO
BIG PAULıS GOT IT MADE
LIKE THIRD WORLD SAID
ITı 96 IN THE SHADE
HEAVEN FOR THE CLIMATE,
HELL FOR THE COMPANY
OUR SUPPORTERS ARE
THE BEST YOUıLL EVER SEE
ASK ME WE ROSE UP TO THE EVENT
IDENTITY, WE KNOW
WHAT WE REPRESENT
SANG OUR SONGS
ALL DAY STUCK IN THE GROOVE
BUT THEN THE CLOCK STRUCK FOUR,
TIME TO MAKE A MOVE
OLYMPIC STADIUM, OUTSIDE SEVILLE
COS TONIGHTıS THE NIGHT
WEıRE NOT WATCHINı THE BILL
Chorus
AS FOR THE MATCH, WHAT CAN I SAY
NEITHER LUCK NOR REFEREES
WERE MUCH HELP ON THE DAY
BOBOıS GONNA GET YOU
BUT BOBO WAS GOT
PORTO CLOWN ON THE GROUND,
OH MY GOD! HEıS BEEN SHOT
DOWN BY A GOAL, DOWN TO TEN MEN
THE BHOYS PLAYED LIKE LIONS
RIGHT UP TO THE END
AND LET ME TELL YOU SON,
ONE MORE THING
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT,
WHOıS THE KING OF KINGS
IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES
IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES
WE HELD OUR HEADS UP HIGH
FOR THE REST OF THE TIME
A LIFETIME OF MEMORIES
AND CREDIT CARD BILLS
WORTH EVERY PENNY FOR THE TRIP TO SEVILLE
Chorus
NEW YORK FENIAN BHOYS
TO THE HOME OF THE BRAVE
WE HAVE MADE OUR WAY
TO THE GRAND CITY CALLED NEW YORK
FROM GLASGOW TOWN
FROM DUBLIN AND FROM DOWN
FROM LONDON AND
FROM BELFAST AND FROM CORK
THOUGH WEıVE CROSSED THE TIDE
WE STAND BEHIND OUR SIDE
WE STAY ON AND SING
NO MATTER WHAT THE SCORE LINE
WE NEVER SAY DIE
WE ROAR THE FIELDS OF ATHENRYE
WEıRE THE NEW YORK FENIAN BHOYS
WE WORK HARD AND WE SLOG
ALL THE WEEK LONG
THERES NO MERCY
FOR PADDY ON THE SITES
SATURDAY NIGHT COMES
WE MEET UP IN THE PUBS
WE PAINT NEW YORK CITY
GREEN AND WHITE
THEREıS NO SLEEPING IN
FOR A DEDICATED TIM
WHEN THE RANGERS MATCH
IS KICKING OFF AT SEVEN
SO AT THE CRACK OF DAWN WERE UP
CHEERING THE BHOYS ON
WEıRE THE NEW YORK FENIAN BHOYS
REMENBER THAT DAY
AT THE END OF MAY
WHEN THE CELTS
PULLED OFF THE TREBBLE
PAUL LAMBERT LIFTED UP
THE SCOTISH CUP
OUR TROOPS AND HOOPS
DECIDED TO GO MENTAL
WE SPILLED OUT THE DOOR
THEN SOMEONE RANG THE LAW
WHEN WE STOPPED
MANHATTANS TRAFFIC WITH OUT HUDDLE
BUT THE COPS DIDNıT MIND
COS THEYıRE ON OUR SIDE
THEYıRE ALL NEW YORK FENIAN BHOYS
WE ALWAYS REJOICE
AT THE SITE OF PARADISE
AND SINCE MARTINS CAME
ITıS BEEN LIKE HEAVEN
BUT NOW OUT EYES
ARE ON A BIGGER PRIZE
ITıS BEEN A GOOD FEW YEAR SINCE 1967
WE WILL MARCH WITH OıNEILL
ACROSS THE FINEST FIELDS
AN ONCE MORE WEıLL BE CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE
AND COME THAT DAY
YOUıLL HEAR US HALF A WORLD AWAY
WEıRE THE NEW YORK FENIAN BHOYS
STRAIGHT TO HELL
IF YOU CAN PLAY ON THE FIDDLE
HOWS ABOUT A BRITISH
JIG AND REEL
SPEAKING KINGS ENGLISH
IN QUOATIONS
AS RAILHEAD TOWNS FEEL
THE STEEL MILLS RUST
WATER FROZE IN THE GENERATION
CLEAR AS WINTERS ICE
THIS IS YOUR PARADISE
THERE AINT NO NEED FOR YA
GO STRAIGHT TO HELL
YA WANNA JOIN IN A CHORUS
OF THE AMERASAIN BLUES
WHEN ITıS CHRISTMAS
OUT IN HO CHI MINH CITY
KIDIE SAY PAPA PAPA PAPA PAPA - SAN
SEE ME GOTTA A
PHOTO PHOTO PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU
AND MAMA MAMA MAMA SAN X 2
LET ME TELL YA BOUT
YOUR BLOOD BAMBOO KID
IT AINT COCA-COLA ITS RICE
STRAIGHT TO HELL X 4
OH PAPA SAN PLEASE TAKE ME HOME
OH PAPA SAN EVERYBODY
WANTS GO HOME
YOU WANNA PLAY MIND CRAZED BANJO
ON THE DRUGGY DRAG RAGTIME USA
IN PARKLAND INTERNATIONAL
HAH! JUNKIEDOM USA
WHERE PROCAINE PROVES THE PUREST
ROCK MAN GROOVES AND RAT POISION
THE VOLATILE MOLATOV SAYS
RIGHT TO HELL YEAH, YEAH, YEAH,
SHE SAYS YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. X 2
RIP IT UP STIRR IT UP,
CANıT BRING ME DOWN NOW, X 2
GO STRAIGHT TO HELL BOY
CAN YOU REALLY COUGH IT UP
LOUD AND STRONG
THE IMMIGRNTS
THEY WANNA SING ALL NIGHT LONG
IT COULD BE ANYWHERE
MOST LIKELY COULD BE
ANY FORNTIER
ANY HEMISPHERE
NO MANS LAND
AND THERE AINT NO ASYLUM HERE
KING SOLOMAN
HE NEVER LIVED ROUND HERE
GO STRAIGHT TO HELL BOYS