These are the lyrics to a song called "Honor Bright". Click here for a plain text version.
The words and music were originally written by Peter Yeates.
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Honor Bright

Well in 1925,
Dublin was a hive
   Of activity, 'cause change was a'comin' down.
Frank Duff wasted no time
With his ladies of the L. of M.
   They set about to clear out Monto town.

And across the city quays,
A girl from the Liberties
   Was doin' all she could just to get by.
Oh, the green that was her beat
And the lads that she loved to meet
   All knew her by the name of "Honor Bright".

Chorus:
Who was it did it, and who can tell us why?
And some, they say, said she was no loss.
   Everybody knew
   It was a doctor and the screw
Left her in a ditch near Lamb Doyle's Cross.

Well that evening in June,
"Her Honor" was in tune
   As she headed for her turf just to meet her star.
When two men in a car did show
Near the top of Merrion Row
   And to their delight she stepped inside the car.

Well they quickly turned the keys,
And this girl from the Liberties
   Was never again to see the broad daylight.
For on the Ticknock mountain grounds,
They laid her body down,
   And they killed the girl we knew as "Honor Bright".

Chorus

Now in 1975,
Dublin was a hive
   Of activity, 'cause change was a'comin' down.
Oh, the folks, they planned to meet.
They were goin' to clear the streets
   From Merrion Square and Mount Street to Lansdowne.

Well on the same side of the quays,
A ghost of the Liberties
   Was doin' all she could just to get by.
Oh, the green that was her beat
And the lads that she used to meet
   Are the retrospective view of "Honor Bright".

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