The Monument (Lest We Forget) - Andy Irvine

In the corner of a quiet field there’s a monument today

Put up by the mine workers at the UMWA

To mark the spot where children had their lives taken away

And it’s standing there in case we might forget

Lest we forget in case we might forget

How the rich men and his police and his press

Got away with murder then, they get away with it yet

And it’s standing there in case we might forget

You may turn the pages of your history books in vain

The first thing men of power learn is never to take the blame

Just tell the people shameless lies does nothing ever change

History is always written by the winners

Lest we forget in case we might forget

How the rich men and his police and his press

Got away with murder then, they get away with it yet

And it’s standing there in case we might forget

In today’s newspapers the headlines change so fast

So much information in the memory doesn’t last

But if we learn nothing from the lessons of the past

I’m afraid that we are destined to relive it

Lest we forget in case we might forget

How the rich men and his police and his press

Got away with murder then, they get away with it yet

And it’s standing there in case we might forget

In a corner of a quiet field there’s a monument today

Put up by the mine workers at the UMWA

To mark the spot where children had their lives taken away

And it’s standing there in case we might forget