There Were Roses Lyrics

There Were Roses

Presented by: Cara Dillon

There Were Roses Lyrics

My song for you this evening
It's not to make you sad
Nor for adding to the sorrows
Of our troubled northern land
But lately I've been thinking
And it just wont leave my mind
I'll tell you of two friends one time
Who were both good friends of mine

Isaac Scott from Bealagh he lived just across the field,
A great man for the music and the dancing and the reels.
O' Malley came from South Armagh to court young alice fair,
And we'd often meet on the ryan road, and laughter filled the air

Isaac he was Protestant
And Sean was Catholic born
But it never made a difference
For the friendship it was strong
And sometimes in the evening
When we heard the sound of drums
We said it wont divide us
We will always be as one


For the ground our fathers ploughed in, the soil it is the same,
And the places where we say our prayers have just got different names,
We talked about the friends who died , we hoped there'd be no more,
It's little then we realised the tragedy in store.

There were roses, roses
There were roses
And the tears of the people ran together
It was on a Sunday morning
When the awful news came round
Another killing had been done
Just outside Newry Town
We knew that Isaac danced up there
We knew he liked the band
But when we heard that he was dead
We just could not understand

We gathered at the graveside on a cold and rainy day,
The minister he closed his eyes and for no revenge he prayed
And those of us who knew him from along the ryan road,
bowed our heads and said a prayer for the rescue of his soul
There were roses.....
Đã có những bông hồng

now fear it filled the countryside
There was fear in every home
When late at night a car came
Prowling round the Ryan Road
A Catholic would be killed tonight
To even up the score
Oh Christ, it's young MacDonald
They have taken from the door

issac was my friend he cried
he begged them with his tears
buh centuries of hatred
have ears that do not hear
an eye for an eye
it was all that filled thier minds
but another eye for another eye
till everyone is blind

There were roses...
Đã từng có hoa hồng...

So my song for you this evening its not to make you sad,
not for adding to the sorrows of this troubled northern land,
but lately i've been thinking and it just won't leave my mind
I'll tell you of two friends one time who were both good friends of mine

Now I don't know where the moral is
Or where this song should end
But I wonder just how many wars
Are fought between good friends
And those who give the orders
Are not the ones to die
It's Scott and young MacDonald
And the likes of you and I

There were roses, roses
There were roses
And the tears of the people ran together

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