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If the foundation be destroyed
What can the righteous do?
If the foundation be destroyed
What can the righteous do?
Big Fellah
Ow
I remember you back in the GPO, Connolly and Clarke
Laughing like Dermot through the bullets of the spark
Always with a smart remark, your eyes blazing blue
When we needed confidence, we always turn to you
When they tried to lead us up against Kilmainham wall
You were there beside us, that our police adored
Hey, Big Bop, where the hell are you now?
When we needed you the most
Big Bop, come on, turn up the love
Back on the streets of Dublin, we fought the Black and Tans
You were there beside us, a towering, mighty man
Caught up the informer, the hated English spy
By chance, Mickey crucified him at the blinking of an eye
Still you had a heart as soft as the early morning dew
Every widow who ran off could always turn to you
Hey, Big Bop, where the hell are you now?
When we needed you the most
Big Bop, come on, turn up the love
We beat them in the country, we whacked them in the streets
The world said Michael Collins, our commander and our chief
Sent you off to London to negotiate a deal
Gave us a republic, united, poised and real
The women and the drink, Mick, must have got to you
Came back with a country divided up in two
Hey, Big Bop, where the hell are you now?
When we needed you the most
Big Bop, come on, turn up the love
We had to turn against you Mick, there was nothing we could do
'Cause we couldn't betray the republic like Arthur Griffith and you
Fought against each other, two brothers steeped in blood
But I never doubted that your heart was broken in the flood
Though we had to shoot you down and go to bed on the block
Always you're our last and greatest son of all
Hey, Big Bop, where the hell are you now?
When we needed you the most
Big Bop, come on, turn up the love