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THE BOY GENERAL
(seamus costello)
WRITTEN AND RECORDED BY
STICKS DOHERTY

lyrics

THE BOY GENERAL(SEAMUS COSTELLO)

From bray in the county wicklow a hero he was born
A new day was dawning, with a red sky for the morn
From an early age he started out,....,to join in the fight
Gainst the British and the bourgeois ,,,he swore he'd see them right

He led the fight in derry and his actions never failed
But captured back in Wicklow was sent to mountjoy gaol
Then At the curragh there he studied ,,,that the right wing was to blame
A socialist republic ,,,his dream wud be his aim

CHORUS
FOR COSTELLO IS OUR LEADER
WONT YOU COME AN TAKE A STAND
LIKE COSTELLO OUR FINE HERO
GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THE WORKIN MAN
........ he GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THE WORKIN MAN



On the 10th day of December,,in the year of 74
He formed the rsm to bring the far left to the fore
He soon became its leader an raised the starry plough
For the workers an the people they had their army now

To follow our james Connolly,,now that was to be their line
Cuz the genius of his politics were never lost in time
To carry on the struggle lads until the present day
To help the proletariat who never will dismay

CHORUS
FOR COSTELLO IS OUR LEADER
WONT YOU COME AN TAKE A STAND
LIKE COSTELLO OUR FINE HERO
GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THE WORKIN MAN
........ GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THE WORKIN MAN


So heres to our boy general from Wicklow hills he came
He gave us all a vision an Costello was his name
So raise the scarlet standard boys an keep it flyin high
The impact of his legacy is one they cant deny

CHORUS
FOR COSTELLO IS OUR LEADER
WONT YOU COME AN TAKE A STAND
LIKE COSTELLO OUR FINE HERO
GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THE WORKIN MAN

(FROM FLIGHT OF EARLS)