Long Kesh - The Wolfe Tones

The men in this vile place

They come from far and near

Some from the Derry Bogside

And Omagh town so near

And some of them from Belfast

From the markets and the Falls

From the narrow streets of Ardoyne

And all around Tyrone

On that black day in August

When Faulkner showed his hand

He thought that by internment

He could break our gallant band

But the boys from Ballymurphy

How they showed the way that night

How they thaught those English soldiers

How Irish men could fight

Long Kesh it’s known to everyone

The system must be broke

Ardoyne the New Lodge and the Falls

Will see the system choke

No more the special powers act

The means will envoke

And Long Kesh will be the U stone

Of which the system’s broke

A word now Irish people

No matter where you are

Remember our brave rebels

In Long Kesh this year

And by civil disobeience

Or any other way

We’ll make a stand until the day

Each one of them are free