En 1972, une première chanson est composée sur le thème du Bloody sunday.

Give Ireland Back to the Irish est une chanson des Wings , écrite en 1972 par Paul mcCartney , après les évènements de Londonderry  qui ont entraîné la mort de 14 pacifistes irlandais tués par l'armée britannique.

Cette chanson, interdite d'antenne en Angleterre, est une des rares chansons engagées des Wings, la seconde étant How many people  écrite en 1989 à la mémoire de Chico Mendes   assassiné en décembre 1988, parce qu'il tentait de faire protéger la forêt amazonienne de la destruction.

The Wings

Give Ireland back to the Irish

Give ireland back to the irish
Dont make them have to take it away
Give ireland back to the irish
Make ireland irish today
Great britian you are tremendous
And nobody knows like me
But really what are you doin
In the land across the sea

Tell me how would you like it
If on your way to work
You were stopped by irish soliders
Would you lie down do nothing
Would you give in, or go berserk

Give ireland back to the irish
Dont make them have to take it away
Give ireland back to the irish
Make ireland irish today

Great britian and all the people
Say that all people must be free
Meanwhile back in ireland
Theres a man who looks like me

And he dreams of God and country
And hes feeling really bad
And hes sitting in a prison
Should he lie down do nothing
Should give in or go mad

Give ireland back to the irish
Dont make them have to take it away
Give ireland back to the irish
Make ireland irish today

Give ireland back to the irish
Dont make them have to take it away
Give ireland back to the irish
Make ireland irish today