CASTLEREAGH

by

PÁDRAIG ( DRUMMER ) ROBINSON   © 1976

(1)

It was five in the morning when they took me away,

Five in the morning and up to Castlereagh.

They took my finger prints, they took my photograph,

And drew up a statement for my autograph.

( chorus )

Sign the dotted line, just sign the dotted line,

Sign the dotted line and autograph a crime.

Forget about your rights, it’s true what they say –

You’ve got no bloody rights when you’re up in Castlereagh

(2)

To a torture chamber they dragged me by the hair,

And in that torture chamber they tied me to a chair.

They then produced a hood and placed it o’er my head,

We’ll make you sign , one of them said.

 (3)

Days and nights of torture and I couldn’t stand the strain,

My head it was aching and throbbing with pain.

I took their damned confession, oh I must have been insane,

But I took their damned confession and to it put my name

 (4)

A judge without a jury found me guilty of a crime,

And sent me off to H-Block to serve out my time.

Now naked in my cell I spend each lonely day,

Plotting my revenge on the pigs of Castlereagh.

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PLAY  P. ROBINSON

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