Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource English Execution Ballads Execution Ballad Transcription Transcription of ballad lyrics A lonely wave is breaking on the rocky Antrim shore And the sighing winds are a keening oe'r the water's solemn roar The seabirds sweep to Heaven with a loud and piercing wail 'Tis the passing knell of one who dies in a lonely English jail Along the sweltering Congo swamps, a ghastly silence falls And the jungle trees hang lifeless like a thousand funeral palls And dark-skinned men are heavy with a fear they cannot name While their gentle friend is lead to death with mockery and shame Ah, lordly Roger Casement you gave all a man could give that Justice be unmocked at and that liberty might live But you hurt the high and mighty ones in pocket and in pride And that is why they hated you and that is why you died They stripped you of your honours and they hounded you to death And their blood lust was not sated when you gasped your dying breath They tried to foul your memory as they fouled your corpse with lime But God is not an Englishman and truth will tell with time Ah, gentle Roger Casement you have blessed us in your death They have tried to blot you from our minds, but we shall not forget Your cause will be triumphant and when slavery's night is oe'r Your bones shall rest, your last request, on your rocky native shore Language Language ballad is printed in English URL <a href="http://www.eirefirst.com/r.html#r004d" target="_blank">Ireland First! Irish Song Lyrics</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Ballad of Roger Casement English