Invisible Women

The singer sings a rebel song
And everyone sings along.
Just one thing I'll never understand:
Every damn rebel seems to be a man.

For he sings of the Bold Fenian Men
And the Boys of the Old Brigade.
What about the women who stood there too
'When history was made' ...?

Ireland, Mother Ireland, with your freedom-loving sons,
Did your daughters run and hide at the sound of guns?
Or did they have some part in the fight
Any why does everyone try to keep them out of sight?

For they sing of the Men of the West
And the Boys of Wexford too.
Were there no women living round these parts;
Tell me, what did they do ...?

Brian Moore