Time goes by and years roll onward
Still in my memory fresh I'll keep
Of that night in Belfast prison
Unashamedly I saw men weep

For the time was fast approaching
A lad lay sentenced for to die
And on the second of September
He goes to meet his God on high

Now he's marching to that scaffold
Head erect he shows no fear
And while standing on that scaffold
Ireland cross he holds so dear

Now the cruel blow has fallen
For Ireland he has given all
He who in the flower of manhood
Proudly answered to her call

Brave Tom Williams we salute you
And we never shall forget
Those who planned your brutal murder
We vow we'll make them all regret

And now I say to Irish soldiers
If on Toms path you chance should stray
Keep memory of that morn when Ireland's cross was proudly borne
By a lad who lies within a prison grave.