《There Were Roses》歌词

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

[00:00:01] Composed by：Tommy Sands

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

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

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

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

[00:00:15] A troubled Northern land

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

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

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

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

[00:00:33] Isaac Scott from Benny

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

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

[00:00:42] Dancing and the reels

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:01:43] Names

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

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

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

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

[00:02:04] There were roses

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

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

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

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

[00:02:30] Just outside Caplan town

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:03:20] There were roses

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:04:45] There were roses

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:05:33] There were roses

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

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