Michael ("Mick", "Big Fella") Collins (Irish: Mícheál Seán Ó Coileáin; (1890.10.16 --1922.08.22) was an Irish revolutionary leader, Minister for Finance in the Irish Republic, Director of Intelligence for the IRA, and member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations. He was shot and killed in August 1922, during the Irish Civil War.----In the movie, Liam Neeson stars as the title character----Ulead for the movie editing---Lyrics :Come listen all me true men to my simple rhymeFor it tells of a young man cut off in his primeA soldier and a statesman who laid down the law, and,To die by the roaside in lone Beal na BlaWhen barely sixteen to England crossed o'erFor to work as a boy in a government storeBut the Volunteers call he could not disobeySo he came back to Dublin to join in the fray-Chorus-At Easter nineteen sixteen when Pearse called them outThe men from the Dublin battalion roved outAnd in the post office they nobley did showHow a handful of heros could outfight the foe.To Stafford and jails transported they wereAs prisonners of England they soon made a stirReleased before Christmas and home once againHe banded old comrades together to trainDail Eireann assembled our rights to proclaimSuppressed by the English you'd think it's a shameHow Ireland's best and bravest were harried and tornFrom the Arms of their loved ones and children new born.For years Mick eluded their soldiers and spiesFor he was the master of clever disguiseWith the Custom House blazing she found t'was no useAnd soon Mother England had asked for a truceOh when will the young men a sad lesson spurnThat brother and brother they never should turnAlas that a split in our ranks 'ere we sawMick Collins stretched lifeless in lone Beal na BlaOh long will old Ireland be seeking in vainEre we find a new leader to match the man slainA true son of Grainne his name long will shineO gallant Mick Collins cut off in his prime.

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