{"id":2680,"date":"2016-04-18T03:36:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T03:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2680"},"modified":"2016-04-18T03:36:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T03:36:00","slug":"when-the-bullets-they-were-flying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/when-the-bullets-they-were-flying\/","title":{"rendered":"When The Bullets They Were Flying"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Commemmorations<\/a>
Commemmorations by the state parties of the 1916 rising makes me sick. Those who parade as dress up rebels today would have been the first to oppose the hunger strikers in their time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When the bullets they were flying
\nWhen the hunger strikers were dying
\nEvery one of them were trying
\nTo break down the IRA.<\/p>\n

Now that the peace is made
\nOf dying they need not be afraid
\nIn uniform they as charlatans parade
\nEvery one is a rebel today.<\/p>\n

If, back in 1916
\nThey then living had been
\nThey’d oppose the rebels and cheer the queen
\nThe sleveens who at soldiering play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When the bullets they were flying When the hunger strikers were dying Every one of them were trying To break down the IRA. Now that the peace is made Of dying they need not be afraid In uniform they as charlatans parade Every one is a rebel today. If, back …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[476,20,177,37,530],"tags":[2764,1319,2765,2766,2345,2644,2767],"class_list":["post-2680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1916-easter-rising","category-irelands-wars","category-irish-civil-war","category-irish-war-of-independence-1919-1921","category-the-troubles-since-1969","tag-1916-commemorations","tag-bobby-sands","tag-hunger-strikers","tag-ira","tag-ireland","tag-irish-volunteers","tag-john-redmond","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-He","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2593,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/1916-war-and-revolution\/","url_meta":{"origin":2680,"position":0},"title":"1916 – War and Revolution","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"12th March 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"1916 - a year to most Remembered for slaughter of the Somme Youth sacrificed by generals incompetence Against the odds sent to die Little hope of winning 1916 - a year to most Remembered for the glory of Easter Week Youth sacrificed by generals idealism Against the odds the generals\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "1916 Easter Rising"","block_context":{"text":"1916 Easter Rising","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/irelands-wars\/1916-easter-rising\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"New York Times reports on the Easter Rising---1916-April-28","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/New-York-Times-reports-on-the-Easter-Rising-1916-April-28.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/New-York-Times-reports-on-the-Easter-Rising-1916-April-28.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/New-York-Times-reports-on-the-Easter-Rising-1916-April-28.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1221,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/let-us-remember-this-november\/","url_meta":{"origin":2680,"position":1},"title":"Let Us Remember This November","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"12th November 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"This day we all remember As we are asked to and yet It seems our own who faught for their own land We are asked to forget. 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