Tom Williams Lyrics

Time goes past as years go onwards
But still, in my memory fresh I keep
Of a night in Belfast Prison
Where, unashamed I saw men weep
As the time was fast approaching
A man lay sentenced for to die
And on the second of September
He goes to meet his God on High

Now he's marchin' towards the scaffold,
Head erect, he shows no fear
And, while standin' on that scaffold,
Ireland's cross he holds so dear
And now, the cruel blow has fallen
For Ireland he has given all;
He, who in the flower of manhood
Proudly answered to her call

Brave Tom Williams we salute you,
And we never shall forget
Those who planned your brutal murder
We vow we'll make them all regret
So, I say to Irish soldiers
If from Tom's path you chance to stray
Just keep memory of that morn when Ireland's cross was proudly borne
By a man who lies within a prison grave