Freedom Song lyrics

Listen while I tell you the hard luck story

About a man named Jack McDuff

He believed in the God and the glory

But he just wasn't tough enough

I believe in the freedom song

Long live liberty!

I believe in the freedom song

But I'll choose my own destiny

Well they took him and they beat him

Underneath the old hangin' tree

Saying, Jack, you must die

What will your last words be?

Jack, he hung his head back

Long live liberty!

I believe in the freedom song

Doesn't matter what you do to me

With a rope around his neck they left him hanging

High on that old hangin' tree

On her knees his wife was screaming

Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy

I believe in the freedom song

Long live-a the liberty!

I believe in that freedom song

Doesn't matter what you do to me

(Doesn't matter what you do to me)

• Artist:Thin Lizzy
• Album:Fighting (1975)