Paul McCartney- Give Ireland Back to the Irish

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Paul McCartney like all the Beatles, except the ugly looking one(ringo), was of Irish ancestry.
None of the original Beatles were of English blood, all were Irish,. like so many of the so called English musicians. Many are really Irish.

Paul McCartney- Give Ireland Back to the Irish
Give Ireland Back to the Irish" is a Paul and Linda McCartney song written in response to the events of Bloody Sunday in the north of Ireland on January 30, 1972. The song was released on February 25, 1972 as the debut single by McCartney's new band Wings, and it was the first recorded song by Wings that included Northern Irish guitarist Henry McCullough.
It was completely barred from media exposure in the United Kingdom, being banned by the BBC, Radio Luxembourg and the Independent Television Authority. On the BBC Radio 1 chart show Pick of the Pops, Alan Freeman had to refer to it as "a record by the group Wings".
"From our point of view," said Paul McCartney, "it was the first time people questioned what we were doing in Ireland. It was so shocking. I wrote 'Give Ireland Back to the Irish', we recorded it and I was promptly 'phoned by the Chairman of EMI, Sir Joseph Lockwood, explaining that they wouldn't release it. He thought it was too inflammatory. I told him that I felt strongly about it and they had to release it. He said, 'Well it'll be banned', and of course it was. I knew 'Give Ireland Back to the Irish' wasn't an easy route, but it just seemed to me to be the time. All of us in Wings felt the same about it. But Henry McCullough's brother who lived in the north of Ireland was beaten up because of it. The thugs found out that Henry was in Wings."

The song reached number 1 in the singles charts in the Republic of Ireland and Spain, but it only climbed to number 16 in the UK singles chart and number 21 in the U.S.
The B-side of the single, "Give Ireland Back to the Irish [version]", is an instrumental version of the A-side.

Give Ireland back to the Irish
Dont make them have to take it away
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Make Ireland Irish today
Great britian you are tremendous
And nobody knows like me
But really what are you doin
In the land across the sea
Tell me how would you like it
If on your way to work
You were stopped by Irish soliders
Would you lie down do nothing
Would you give in, or go berserk
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Dont make them have to take it away
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Make Ireland Irish today
Great britian and all the people
Say that all people must be free
Meanwhile back in Ireland
Theres a man who looks like me
And he dreams of God and country
And hes feeling really bad
And hes sitting in a prison
Should he lie down do nothing
Should give in or go mad
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Dont make them have to take it away
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Make Ireland Irish today
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Dont make them have to take it away
Give Ireland back to the Irish
Make Ireland Irish today

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