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Horrah, horrah, we proudly marched along.
Horrah, horrah, we sang our marching song.
The battle cry of liberty
Went ringing loud and clear
All on the long march to Derry.
Twas
on the first day of the year in 1969
We gathered at the city hall
The weather being fine
With McCann in front to lead us
Michael Farrell in the van
Off on the long march to Derry.
As
we approached to Antrim town
The bridge we found was blocked
There stood a certain Major
With a feather in his hat.
"No Fenian foot will e're pollute
This sacred ground we hold
We'll soon stop your long march to Derry."
Chorus
Now
Toomebridge town was good we found,
The people stood and cheered, and
Everyone supported us whenever we appeared.
We crossed the bridge whre McCorley died
With our banners flying high
Off on the long march to Derry.
Twas
at Dungiven Farrell stood
And told the watching crowd,
"We're marching for our civil rights.
We're marching and we're proud.
And every man and woman here
regardless of his creed,
should join in the long march to Derry."
Chorus
They
ambushed us at Irish Street
And at Burntollet too
And the air was thick with stones and bricks
And the missiles fiercely flew.
But we got up and struggled on
Though battered black and blue,
To finish the long march to Derry.
Well
now the march is over
We can lay our banners down,
For the world has seen what Ulster's like
While loyal to the crown.
And generations yet unborn
Will live to toast the boys
Who went on the long march to Derry.
Chorus
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