Lyrics to
Sunday Bloody Sunday

This version of Sunday Bloody Sunday was released by John Lennon in 1972.

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Well it was sunday
bloody sunday
When they shot the people there
The crys of thirteen marty martyrs
Filled the free derry air.
Is there any one among you
Dare to blame it on the kids?
Not a soldier boy was
bleeding

When they nailed the
coffin lidds!

Sunday bloody sunday
Bloody sunday’s the day!

You claim to be majority
Well you know that it’s a lie
You’re really a minority
Oh this sweet emerald asle.
When Stormont bans
our marchers

They’ve got a lot to learn
Internment is no answer
It’s those mother’s turn
to burn!

Sunday bloody sunday
Bloody sunday’s the day!

You anglo pigs and scotties
Sent to colonize the north
You wave your bloody
Union Jacks
And you know what it’s worth!
How dare you hold on to ransom
A people proud and free
Keep ireland for the irish
Put the english back to sea!

Sunday bloody sunday
Bloody sunday’s the day!

Yes it’s always bloody sunday
In the concentration camps
Keep Falls and roads free forever
From the bloody english hands

Repatriate to britain
All of you who call it home
Leave ireland to the irish
Not for London or for Rome!

Sunday bloody sunday
Bloody sunday’s the day!

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About Lyrics and Sunday Bloody Sunday by John Lennon

The lyrics to Sunday Bloody Sunday are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by John Lennon in 1972. Elements of the lyrics to Sunday Bloody Sunday are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by John Lennon and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Sunday Bloody Sunday back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Sunday Bloody Sunday by John Lennon in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Sunday Bloody Sunday" means the words set to the music of Sunday Bloody Sunday, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Lennon. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Sunday Bloody Sunday and the lyrics to Sunday Bloody Sunday are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Lennon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sunday Bloody Sunday, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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