U2's Van Diemen's Land | Cover performed by Øyvind Martinsen

Singing and playing guitar is my hobby, and it's another creative branch in addition to my photography work.
The original song is made by U2, and I think it was The Edge who wrote the song and he also sings it on the "Rattle and Hum" album.
I hope you like my version of the song.
LYRICS
Hold me now, oh hold me now
Till this hour has gone around
And I gone, on the rising tide
For to face Van Diemen's land.

It's a bitter pill I swallow here
To be rent from one so dear.
We fought for justice and not for gain
But the magistrate sent me away.

Now kings will rule and the poor will toil
And tear their hands as they tear the soil
But a day will come in this dawning age
When an honest man sees an honest wage.

Hold me now, oh hold me now
Till this hour has gone around
And I'm gone on the rising tide
For to face Van Diemen's Land.
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U2’s “Van Diemen’s Land” Lyrics Meaning

Source: https://www.songmeaningsandfacts.com/u2s-van-diemens-land-lyrics-meaning/
U2’s classic 1980s track “Van Diemen’s Land” is actually dedicated to a famous Irish born American poet named John Boyle O’Reilly.

As a young man, O’Reilly joined a revolutionary group known as the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). The primary aim of this group was to fight for the establishment of an independent republic of Ireland through force. O’Reilly was eventually caught by the British authorities on account of being a member of this revolutionary body. He was convicted of the crime of treason and subsequently sentenced to two decades of penal servitude in Western Australia. However, he only served two years of his penal servitude before escaping. After his escape, he succeeded in making it to the United States where he forged a successful career as a writer. Today, his works are widely celebrated across the world.
Meaning of “Van Diemen’s Land”

Actually prior to 1856, the island state of Australia known as Tasmania was called Van Diemen’s Land. In the past, certain people convicted of certain serious crimes in Britain were sent to serve their prison sentences on the island in question. And that is the relationship this island has with O’Reilly (the primary subject of this song).
Read more at: https://www.songmeaningsandfacts.com/u2s-van-diemens-land-lyrics-meaning/
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Øyvind Martinsen
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