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28-06-1914

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ABANDONED

About Tomorrow

ABSURB



Acceptance

ACCESSORY

ACROSS THE LINE

ADVERSITY OF VANITY

AIMLESS

ALTERNATIVE BELFAST

AMERICAN DIPLOMACY

AND ALL THAT THERE

AND NOW....A WORD FROM BRIAN

ANGELS

ANGELS CARING

ANGELS FALLING

ANNOYING SUCKER

ANYONE

AN INOFFENSIVE MAN

ART OF LIFE

ASKING A QUESTION

ASSUMPTION

AS WE CHOOSE

ATOMIC NUMBER (6}

ATTEN--SHUN

AUSSIE MAID

AUSTRALIA

AUTHORIZED

AUTUMN DRUMLINS

AVARICE

AWAKENING

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Across the line

Many lines are so finely drawn
In Belfast town, hard to see the divide
difficult to know when you have crossed
the divide into, another
Dimension of hatred and bigotry

A name, a word, an incident
spoken in the wrong place
at the wrong time earns you
the eternal right to die,according 
to the unspoken law of bigotry.
you strayed across the line into our area.
That area - do you belong in it?
Are you A Jewish catholic,
a Hindu catholic, a protestant Jew
Or Hindu protestant.
It does not matter.

You are not one of us?
Who are we? We are the "people"

we hate everyone
No discrimination we just hate,
all of you Catholics.
We have huffed and puffed then blown
Your lives away
Tortured slaughtered,
Especially in the romper room
on a pleasant Sunday morning
having a wee drink before church.

Belfast, Belfast we love our town
you are very welcome as long
as you don’t Stray across the line.
Once you do you’ll be lucky,lucky,lucky
if we, the people, let you leave.
Remember this is our town
don’t stray across the divide.

1920 to 2016 still the same hate prevails





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