Song Lyrics Unknown - There Were Roses    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> There Were Roses Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: There Were Roses Theme ID: 5682 Album: N/A There Were Roses (Tommy Sands) My song for you this evening, it's not to make you sad Nor 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. Allan Bell from Banagh, he lived just across the fields, 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 the laughter filled the air. There were roses, roses There were roses And the tears of the people Ran together Though Allan, he was Protestant, and Sean was Catholic born, 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 always will be one.'' For the ground our fathers plowed 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, and we hoped there'd be no more. It's little then we realized the tragedy in store. It was on a Sunday morning when the awful news came round. Another killing has been done just outside Newry Town. We knew that Allan danced up there, we knew he liked the band. When we heard that he was dead we just could not understand. We gathered at the graveside on that cold and rainy day, And the minster he closed his eyes and prayed for no revenge. All all of us who knew him from along the Ryan Road, We bowed our heads and said a prayer for the resting of his soul. Now fear, it filled the countryside. There was fear in every home When a car of death came prowling round the lonely Ryan Road. A Catholic would be killed tonight to even up the score. ''Oh, Christ! It's young O'Malley that they've taken from the door.'' ''Allan 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 till everyone is blind. So 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. I don't know where the moral is or where this song should end, But I wondered just how many wars are fought between good friends. And those who give the orders are not the ones to die. It's Bell and O'Malley and the likes of you and I. There were roses, roses There were roses @political @Irish filename[ WEREROSE BR ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Theyll Never Take Her Love From Me, Theyre Rioting In Africa Merry Minuet, Thing, Things About Comin My Way, Thirsty Boots, Thirty Cents A Day, Thirty Pieces Of Silver, This Great War, This Little Light Of Mine, This Old Man, Thomas The Rhymer, Three Blind Mice, Three Dishes And Six Questions, Three Jolly Coachmen, Three Jolly Rogues Of Lynne, Three Jolly Welshmen, Three Merry Men, Three Old Ladies, Three Ravens, Three Score And Ten, Threshing Song, Through The Years, Thyme It Is A Precious Thing, Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport, Timber Jerry The Mule, Time Came Down, Time Has Made A Change In Me, Time Ive Lost In Wooing, Time O Year For Dippin Sheep, Time To Be Made A Wife, Time Will Show The Wiser, Times Are Getting Hard Boys, Times They Are A Changing, Tinker, Tinkers Courtship, Titanic, To Anacreon In Heaven, To Morrow, To The Beggin I Will Go, To The Sweet Sunny South, Tobaccos But An Indian Weed, Today, Tom Bolyn, Tom Cat Blues Or Ring Tail Tom, Tom Dooley, Tom Twist, Tommys Gone To Hilo, Tonga Anthem Text, Tonga Native Anthem Text, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy