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Cara Dillon There Were Roses
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From the album Sweet Liberty by Cara Dillon, released in 2003. • ⇓ Stream on → http://spoti.fi/2EgbxII / http://bit.ly/CaraDillonApple • ♫ Listen to the full album on YouTube → http://bit.ly/2EbOLxn • ✔ Subscribe to Folk ABC Youtube→ http://bit.ly/2j0dhJ9 • ✔ Folk ABC on Spotify → https://goo.gl/FKXDgQ • • ------ • Lyrics: • 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 • 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 • There were roses • And the tears of a people ran together • ------ • Born in Dungiven in 1975, surrounded and infused with the rich cultural heritage of her native County Derry, Cara has risen to become one of the finest exponents of traditional Irish song anywhere in the world. Possessing a rare and unique voice that has been lauded since her very beginnings winning the All Ireland singing trophy aged only 14. Together with her husband and musical partner, Sam Lakeman, she has succesfully steered an eclectic musical path defying the typical pigeonholes that hinder most artists in her genre. Celebrated for entwining traditional and contemporary elements she has earned both commercial success and astonishing critical acclaim
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