Such a beautiful but tragic song about the troubles in the North of Ireland and hard to keep a dry eye listening to it. Great rendition by Cara and Sam.
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 won't leave my mind I'll tell you of two friends one time who were both good friends of mine 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 won't divide us, we will always be as one There were roses, roses There were roses And the tears of a 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 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 McDonald they have taken from the door There were roses, roses There were roses And the tears of a people ran together Isac was my friend he cried as he begged them with his tears but century years of hatred have ears that do not hear an eye for an eye it was all that felled there minds and another eye for another eye till everyone is blind 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 McDonald and the likes of you and I There were roses, roses There were roses And the tears of a people ran together There were roses, roses roses And the tears of a people ran together Songwriters: Thomas Sands
Such a beautiful but tragic song about the troubles in the North of Ireland and hard to keep a dry eye listening to it. Great rendition by Cara and Sam.
Im a protestant from Northern Ireland my best friend at work is a Catholic. What a tune this hits with everyone born in NI especially.
Thank god all the verses 🍀👍
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 won't leave my mind
I'll tell you of two friends one time who were both good friends of mine
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 won't divide us, we will always be as one
There were roses, roses
There were roses
And the tears of a 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
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 McDonald they have taken from the door
There were roses, roses
There were roses
And the tears of a people ran together
Isac was my friend he cried as he begged them with his tears
but century years of hatred have ears that do not hear
an eye for an eye it was all that felled there minds
and another eye for another eye till everyone is blind
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 McDonald and the likes of you and I
There were roses, roses
There were roses
And the tears of a people ran together
There were roses, roses
roses
And the tears of a people ran together
Songwriters: Thomas Sands