Up in the Armagh Prison,
Where they keep the women,
Young Devlin lies In a prison cell.
And for the Bogside people
There'll be no sleeping,
Until young Devlin
Has been set free.
Ah, the oul' Judge framed her,
As they tried to shame her,
But the world's acclaimed her,
For all she's done.
And for the Bogside people
There'll be no sleeping,
Until young Devlin
Has been set free.
Ah, did youmsee them running,
From our petrol bombing?
Sure they ran like rats,
Instead of men.
And for the Bogside people
There'll be no sleeping,
Until young Devlin
Has been set free.
For defending Bogside,
That was why she was tried,
She forced the policemen,
All to fly.
And for the Bogside people
There'll be no sleeping,
Until young Devlin
Has been set free.
Ah, the day is coming,
When we'll all stop running,
And Connolly's cause
Will call again.
Then the Irish People,
Will stop their sleeping,
And we'll set our country,
All free again.
Where they keep the women,
Young Devlin lies In a prison cell.
And for the Bogside people
There'll be no sleeping,
Until young Devlin
Has been set free.
Ah, the oul' Judge framed her,
As they tried to shame her,
But the world's acclaimed her,
For all she's done.
And for the Bogside people
There'll be no sleeping,
Until young Devlin
Has been set free.
Ah, did youmsee them running,
From our petrol bombing?
Sure they ran like rats,
Instead of men.
And for the Bogside people
There'll be no sleeping,
Until young Devlin
Has been set free.
For defending Bogside,
That was why she was tried,
She forced the policemen,
All to fly.
And for the Bogside people
There'll be no sleeping,
Until young Devlin
Has been set free.
Ah, the day is coming,
When we'll all stop running,
And Connolly's cause
Will call again.
Then the Irish People,
Will stop their sleeping,
And we'll set our country,
All free again.
Contributed by Alessandro - 2010/2/23 - 12:18
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Album “This Is Free Belfast! – Irish Rebel Songs from the Six Counties”, Folkways Records
Scritta da Barney McIlvogue, sull'aria della canzone "The Auld Triangle" composta dai fratelli irlndesi Dominic e Brendan Behan.
Canzone dedicata a Bernadette Devlin, celebre attivista repubblicana e socialista nord-irlandese, protagonista negli ultimi 40 anni di tutti i momenti più drammatici e significativi del conflitto che ha sconvolto la sua terra; dalla battaglia del Bogside nel 1969 (ed al suo arresto e detenzione in quel frangente si riferisce proprio la canzone) al Bloody Sunday del 1972, all'"hunger strike" del 1980 e 1981. In quello stesso anno la Devlin ed il marito subirono un tentativo di assassinio da parte dei paramilitari protestanti, sventato (ma non prevenuto) dai paracadutisti inglesi che presidiavano strettamente la loro casa in County Tyrone.
Per il suo permanente attivismo radicale la Devlin ha continuato ad essere perseguitata anche di recente, quando nel 2003 si vide rifiutare il visto d'ingresso negli USA in base alle leggi anti-terrorismo... Oggi si occupa soprattutto del miglioramento delle condizioni di vita degli abitanti della contea Tyrone, e specialmente dell'integrazione dei numerosi immigrati stranieri. (fonte: en.wikipedia)