(Frank Hennessy)
With hearts on fire, hearts on fire
Hearts on fire burning bright
All around the world our young men, having songs of freedom sung them
And every dog of war will have his day
And the pride of all the nations, standing at their stations
Smiling as they wave their lives away
In the land of Davy Crockett they built themselves a rocket
That they say will bring a new way some day soon
While in Africa they're crying, for the want of food they're dying
While others walk around upon the moon
In a blind deserted alley in the broken Rhondda Valley
A man was sadly searching for his soul
And his eyes are unforgiving, when they took away his living
His pride was buried deep beneath the coal
As the Belfast evening thunders the Lord looks down and wonders
Will my children ever live as one
From the church he hears them calling as his bitter tears are falling
For this, he said, I gave my only son
(as sung by Dave Burns)
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