Bás in Éireann Songtext
von Black 47

I stole some butter to put on my bread
A crime against God, King and Parliament
No fancy lawyer to defend my case
I was sentenced at Mayo Assizes
Seven long years transportation
To Botany Bay in Australia
Is this the justice of which you speak
Ten crucifying years ahead of me

All that I ask for, all that I need
Is to live my life in my own country
All that I wanted or dear to me is
Báis na ríonachais le gach mac rí


I hid my brother to protect his life
He shot a man for collecting tithes
To support the rights of the English church
A faith that meant not a damn to us
They hung my brother in Wexford town
And when they cut his body down
The hangman turned and called my way
"You′ll long for me in Australia"

All that I ask for, all that I need
Is to live my life in my own country
All that I wanted or dear to me is
Báis na ríonachais le gach mac rí

I should have known what would become of me
The future's always been there for all the world to see
The Black Death is approaching, I can see it on the way
I′m better off in Hell or Australia
I'm better off in Hell or Australia

All that I ask for, all that I need
Is to live my life in my own country
All that I wanted or dear to me is
Báis na ríonachais le gach mac rí