A Boy Called Williams

A Call the judge and call the jury D A Call the screws and RUC Call the soldiers to their duty E Call the hangman o'er the sea D A Make the trap door swing down smartly D A Take a knife and cut him down D A Let Westminster know that here D A There is nothing more to fear D A E A From a young boy murdered by the English crown A Tommy Williams we salute you D A And we never will forget Those who planned your brutal murder E We will make them yet regret D A That sad september morn' D A When Ireland's cross was proudly borne D A E A By a lad who lies in a Belfast prison grave A Oh how blind can be this empire D A Does it think to keep us down Does it think we'll not remember E All the murders of the crown D A Does it think we'd e'er forget them D A Does it think we'll ever fail D A Those who stand for you and me D A On the lonely gallow's tree D A E A And are buried in a lonely prison grave A Tommy Williams we salute you D A And we never will forget Those who planned your brutal murder E We will make them yet regret D A That sad september morn' D A When Ireland's cross was proudly borne D A E A By a lad who lies in a Belfast prison grave A Years roll on but we remember D A And we never will forgive That sad morning in september E When he taught us how to live D A Not as slaves shall we deny him D A Or as cowards to betray D A That young boy gay and proud D A Wrapped within a convicts shroud D A E A Lying in a lonely Belfast prison grave A Tommy Williams we salute you D A And we never will forget Those who planned your brutal murder E We will make them yet regret D A That sad september morn' D A When Ireland's cross was proudly borne D A E A By a lad who lies in a Belfast prison grave