《There Were Roses》歌词

歌曲： There Were Roses

所属专辑：Celtic Crossroads

歌手： John Whelan

时长： 06:08

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There Were Roses - John Whelan[00:00:00]

Composed by：Tommy Sands[00:00:01]

Produced by：John Whelan/Michael Sullivan[00:00:01]

My song for you this evening[00:00:06]

It's not to make you sad[00:00:09]

Nor for adding to the sorrows of[00:00:12]

A troubled Northern land[00:00:15]

But lately I been thinking[00:00:19]

And it just won't leave my mind[00:00:21]

I'll tell you of two friends[00:00:25]

One time were both good friends of mine[00:00:27]

Isaac Scott from Benny[00:00:33]

He lived just across the field[00:00:35]

A great man for the music and the[00:00:39]

Dancing and the reels[00:00:42]

MacDonald came from South Armagh[00:00:45]

To court young Agnes fair[00:00:48]

It's then we'd meet on Ryan Road[00:00:51]

And laughter filled the air[00:00:54]

Now Isaac he was Protestant[00:01:05]

And Sean was Catholic born[00:01:09]

But it never made a difference[00:01:12]

For the friendship it was strong[00:01:15]

And sometimes in the evening[00:01:18]

When we heard the sound of drums[00:01:21]

We said War won't divide us[00:01:24]

We always will be one[00:01:27]

For the land our fathers plow in[00:01:32]

The soil it is the same[00:01:35]

And the places where we say our[00:01:38]

Prayers have just got different[00:01:41]

Names[00:01:43]

We talked about the friends who'd died[00:01:44]

We hoped there'd be no more[00:01:47]

It was little then we realized the tragedy in store[00:01:51]

And there were roses roses[00:01:58]

There were roses[00:02:04]

And the tears of the people ran together[00:02:09]

It was on a Sunday morning when[00:02:21]

The awful news came around[00:02:24]

Another killing had been done[00:02:27]

Just outside Caplan town[00:02:30]

We knew that Isaac danced up there[00:02:33]

We knew he liked the band[00:02:36]

When we heard that he was dead[00:02:39]

And we just could not understand[00:02:42]

We gathered at the graveside on[00:02:47]

A cold and rainy day[00:02:50]

The minister just closed his eyes[00:02:54]

And for no revenge he prayed[00:02:57]

And all of us who knew him from along the Ryan Road[00:03:00]

We bowed our heads and said[00:03:06]

A prayer for the resting of his soul[00:03:08]

And there were roses roses[00:03:13]

There were roses[00:03:20]

And the tears of the people ran together[00:03:24]

Now fear it filled the countryside[00:03:45]

There was fear in every home[00:03:49]

And late at night a car came[00:03:52]

Prowling round the Ryan Road[00:03:55]

A Catholic would be killed tonight[00:03:59]

To even up the score[00:04:01]

Ah Christ it's young MacDonald[00:04:04]

That they've taken from the door[00:04:07]

Isaac was my friend he cried[00:04:13]

He begged them with his fear[00:04:15]

But centuries of hatred have ears that cannot hear[00:04:18]

An eye for an eye it was all that filled their minds[00:04:25]

And another eye for another eye[00:04:31]

'Til everyone is blind[00:04:34]

And there were roses roses[00:04:38]

There were roses[00:04:45]

And the tears of the people ran together[00:04:49]

Now I don't know where the moral is[00:05:01]

Or how this song should end[00:05:04]

But I wonder just how many wars[00:05:07]

Are fought between good friends[00:05:11]

And those who give the orders[00:05:14]

They are not the ones to die[00:05:16]

It's Scott and MacDonald and the likes of you and I[00:05:19]

And there were roses roses[00:05:27]

There were roses[00:05:33]

And the tears of the people ran together[00:05:38]

And there were roses roses[00:05:42]