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Viewing Lyrics for There Were Roses:
| | | Artist: | Kathy Mattea |
| | Album: | Celtic Crossroads (By John Whelan | | Track: | There Were Roses | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 154 | | | | Lyrics: | A song for you this evening, and it's not to make you sad,
Or for adding to the sorrow of a
troubled Northern land.
But lately I've been thinking, and it just won't leave my
mind.
I'll tell you now of two good friends. They were both good friends
of
mine.
Isaac Scott from Derry, he lived just across the fields.
A great man
for the music and the dancing and the reels.
MacDonald came from South Armagh to court young
Agnes fair.
It was then we'd meet on Ryan Road, and laughter filled the air.
Now,
Isaac, he was Protestant and Sean was Catholic born.
But it never made a difference, for their
friendship it was strong.
And sometimes in the evening when we heard the sound of
drums,
We said "War won't divide us, we will always be as one.
For the land our
fathers plow in, the soil it is the same.
And the places where we say our prayers have just got
different
names."
We talked about our friends who'd died, we hoped there'd be no
more.
It was little then we realized 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 around.
There'd been another killing outside of Caplan
town.
We knew that Isaac danced up there, we knew he liked the band.
We heard that he was
dead, and we just could not understand.
We gathered at his graveside on a cold and rainy
day.
The minister just closed his eyes, and for no revenge he prayed.
And those of us who
knew him from along the Ryan Road,
Just bowed our heads and said a prayer for the resting of
his soul.
There were roses, roses, there were roses.
And the tears of the people ran
together.
Now fear it filled the countryside, and fear filled every home.
And late
one 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 that they've taken from the
door.
"Isaac was my friend!" he cried, he begged them with his fear.
But centuries
of hatred have ears that cannot hear.
"An eye for an eye" was all that filled their
minds.
And another eye for another eye, til everyone is blind.
There were roses,
roses, there were roses.
And the tears of the people ran together.
Now I don't know
where the moral is, or how this song should end.
But I wonder just how many wars are fought
between good friends.
And the men who give the orders, well, they're not the ones who
die.
It's Scott and 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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