Billy Reid
Unknown

I'll sing you a song of a terrible wrong,
When the flags all flew at half-mast.
A man he lay dead he'd been riddled with lead,
And he died on the streets of Belfast.

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And the radio said there's another shot dead,
And he died with a gun in his hand.
But they never said why Billy Reid had to die,
'Cause he died to free Ireland.

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It happened one day when the bold IRA,
Set out to fight for their land.
With an old Thompson gun to put the troops on the run,
And return them to home was their plan.

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While returning the guns Billy met British Huns,
And when the fight had begun.
His position was dire but his gun wouldn't fire,
So he died with that old Thompson gun.

Chorus

Although he lay dead he was kicked in the head,
By the hair they dragged him around.
But they still fear him yet and we'll never forget,
How brave Billy Reid stood his ground.

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If you think he was right come and join in the fight,
And help us to free Belfast.
For the blood that he shed and although he lay dead,
In our hearts his memory will last.

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This song is about Billy Reid of the 3rd Battalion,
Belfast Brigade, who was gunned down on May 15th 1971.