Helicopter Song Songtext
von Wolfe Tones

It′s up like a bird and it's over the city
Three men are missing, I heard the warder cry
Sure it must have been a bird that flew into the prison
Or one of these new ministers, says the warder in the Joy
Early one morning as the branch men they were sleeping
A little helicopter flew across the sky
Down into the yard where some prisoners were walking
They′re ready for inspection, says the warder in the Joy
It's up like a bird and it's over the city
Three men are missing, I heard the warder cry
Sure it must have been a bird that flew into the prison
Or one of these new ministers, says the warder in the Joy
Down in the yard through the pushing and the shoving
Three of the prisoners they climbed upon the bird
And up and away they went into the grey skies
I think there′s someone escaping, says the warder in the Joy
It′s up like a bird and it's over the city
Three men are missing, I heard the warder cry


Sure it must have been a bird that flew into the prison
Or one of these new ministers, says the warder in the Joy
Search every hole, search every nook and cranny
Let no man rest until these men are found
For this cannot happen to a law and order government
I think you′ll never find them, says the warder in the Joy
It's up like a bird and it′s over the city
Three men are missing, I heard the warder cry
Sure it must have been a bird that flew into the prison
Or one of these new ministers, says the warder in the Joy
Over in the Dáil they were drinking gin and brandy
The Minister for Justice was soaking up the sun
When came this little message that some prisoners had escaped him
I think it's three of the Provo, says the warder in the Joy
It′s up like a bird and it's over the city
Three men are missing, I heard the warder cry
Sure it must have been a bird that flew into the prison
Or one of these new ministers, says the warder in the Joy