Irish Crimes

An Irish lad Of seven or so Bears witness to the hate in his fathers eyes As the British with guns walked on by Never knew a soldier who wanted to die Especially one not seeking battle Ahhh but if eyes could kill That Brit be dead dead dead Poor little boy to see this at all Fathers breeding hate to the sons That British lad carrying a gun That helped him not a lick As the bomb went off Nicked them all that day Ten more Brits in boxes like chocolates For an Irish feast A young lad in London An orphan created by cowardly acts He longed for revenge Said one day, I shall make Saint Patrick pay One day, I shall make me father proud A paddy bastard I shall stab And feel might righty proud Well luck seemed to be full of four leaf clover For those two lads of hate would meet Far away and across an ocean Where two solitudes already live and breath In a summer camp of northern adventure Why they had such times and bonded well They had no idea of their respective bloody hells They were boys of dreams beneath it all Hate had not the chance to fester and swell So when they returned to their respective colors They had learned from friendships and love of life Hate should belong to the fathers Never the sons Clarification on: Hate should belong to the fathers Never the sons Hate should belong to no one, I simply meant that we could solve alot in this world if it wasn't passed from generation to generation!! Notes: During the conflicts in Belfast a group in Quebec ran summer camps for Irish kids of both Catholic and Protestant areas of Ireland. Much harder for the parents to hate each other when the children bonded and became friends. I am trying to find out what group organized this so if anyone happens to have any information love to hear from them. I know there was a group that did the same in Chicago but haven’t been able to find any info about the group in Quebec. In Quebec, they often refer to “The two solitudes” meaning the English and the French here, oh the irony that such a place saw fit to bring another two groups of people together. The world is always full of surprises!!!