Christy Moore Lyrics
"Don't Hand Me Over"

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I was born in Derry City,
I grew up in that war torn town
As I watched the system crumble
I saw people's lives turned upside down.

How do you fight back to get your right back
To walk free down the street
When your name and address singles you out
For every Peeler on the beat.

Don't hand me over, Don't hand me over
For a crime I haven't done.
I'm not guilty and you know it
But you said one day you'd send me down.

I kept my distance, I kept my silence
I got more angry day by day
I say the soldiers beat my neighbours
Come and take my closest friends away.

I left home, moved down to Dublin,
Not knowing what I'd find,
When I got me a job and a place to stay
I thought that I could leave the war behind.

Don't hand me over, Don't hand me over
For a crime I haven't done.
I'm not guilty and you know it
But you said one day you'd send me down.

Then they began to watch me,
And follow me 'round town,
We know your name and where you come from
Tell me the day would send me down.

At dawn one morning I was arrested
And extradited the very same day
I was terrorised and beaten so badly
That I signed my life away.

Don't hand me over, Don't hand me over
For a crime I haven't done.
I'm not guilty and you know it
But you said one day you'd send me down.

The rags in Fleet street had a field day
If you were Irish you were scum,
Long before my trial was opened
The media had me all but hung.

English justice for Irish people
The case of the Birmingham Six sums it up
These people must be guilty
Or forty policemen will be seen to be corrupt

Over here I'm hated, I'm isolated
I find it hard to live in hope
I'm just reefing through this bible
And wondering how long that I can cope

Don't hand me over, Don't hand me over
For a crime I haven't done.
I'm not guilty and you know it
But you said one day you'd send me down.
This song is from the album "Box Set: 1964-2004".