SAM song
The SAM song is a song from Irish Rebel Music . The song was sung by the Irish music group Irish Brigade and the band Shebeen, among others . The melody comes from the well-known US western song (Ghost) Riders in the Sky . The text is about a volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army , who after several years in prison is again starting the armed struggle against the British troops in Northern Ireland . The song is named for SAM ( S urface to A ir M issile) missiles that were bought by IRA buyers in the United States to shoot down British helicopters, further undermining the morale of enemy forces in the country.
text
"Well, I have been a Provo now for fifteen years and more,
of armalites and mortar bombs I thought I knew the score,
but now we have a weapon that we never used before.
The Brits, they're getting worried,
and they're going to worry more.
Tiocfaidh ár lá , sing up the 'RA
Ooh Ah up the 'RA, Ooh Ah up the' RA
SAM missiles in the sky
I started out with petrol bombs and throwing bricks and stones,
there were a hundred more lads like me, I never was alone.
Oh but soon I learned that bricks and stones won't drive the Brits away,
and it wasn't very long before
WHO DID I JOIN?
I joined the IRA!
Then there came internement in the year of '71.
The Brits thought we were beaten, that we were on the run,
on that early August morning, they kicked in our backdoor.
But for every man they took away
HOW MANY DID THEY MISS?
they missed a hundred more!
I spent eight years in the cages, I had time to think and plan,
althought they locked away a boy, I walked out a man.
There's only one thing that I've learned while in their cell I laid:
the Brits won't never leave us
UNTIL WHEN?
until they're blown away!
All through the days of hunger strike , I watched my comrades die,
and in the streets of Belfast, you could hear the women cry.
I can't forget the massacre , that Friday at Loughgall,
I salute my fallen comrades as I watched their choppers fall! "
Web sources
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXiBLwZqvlM SAM song on YouTube