Limerick Soviet (Alun Parry) - Cover by Lowco published on 2020-09-14T22:10:08Z 1919 was the year the trouble all went down The Defence of the Realm Act was invoked by the Crown They imposed martial law upon old Limerick town And they made the local people foot the bill The local trades and workers council met for 12 long hours And said we will not recognise the British Army’s powers This city is the people’s, we reclaim it now as ours It ever was and shall be ever still We are the Limerick Soviet We answer only to the people’s plea We care no more for their martial law Than the British Army cares for you and me The printing workers laboured through the darkness of the night To urge the population to resist the army’s might Within two hours the city walls proclaimed a General Strike And Limerick responded to the call Workers in their thousands were parading through the streets The Irish Times was horrified and called for their defeat But the people were in charge now not the Army or elite They held the torch of freedom for us all We are the Limerick Soviet We answer only to the people’s plea We care no more for their martial law Than the British Army cares for you and me The Soviet of Limerick it lasted two weeks long A forgotten revolution overlooked by history’s song John Cronin and his strike committee’s beacon has not gone It lights the path to justice for us still We are the Limerick Soviet We answer only to the people’s plea We care no more for their martial law Than the British Army cares for you and me Genre Folk & Singer-Songwriter