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Lyr Req: Roll of Honour (Gerry O Glacain)

13 Jul 99 - 05:38 AM (#94680)
Subject: Help me track down this Irish Rebel song!
From: Stuart C

I'd really like to find out the title and lyrics to a song which I've heard sung at football (soccer) matches involving the mighty Glasgow Celtic. The only lines I know are:

"We will never be defeated"

and

"While Ireland has a son"

Please help! Thanks in advance.

14 Jul 99 - 12:26 AM (#94974)
Subject: RE: Help me track down this Irish Rebel song!
From: O'Boyle

I'm not which one you are looking for, but if it is not here I don't know where you'll find it.

Slainte

Rick

14 Jul 99 - 10:56 AM (#95081)
Subject: RE: Help me track down this Irish Rebel song!
From: Wolfgang

Stuart, the two lines sound familiar.
"we ne'er will be defeated
while Ireland has such sons"
are two lines from an Irish rebel song, best guess from memory, it's called "Roll of honour". Of course, the football song lyrics might have taken the structure of such a song (enumerating loads of Irish rebels) and list their own heroes. I bet you the one song is about famous goalers, and the other about famous gaolers.

Andreas, you have the Roll of Honour lyrics stored electronically, I have them only on paper. So if you read this, please post them and Stuart can see if that's what he is looking for.

Wolfgang

14 Jul 99 - 11:10 PM (#95286)
Subject: RE: Help me track down this Irish Rebel song!
From: Tucker

wolfgang you are great! I have found several lost songs through you.

15 Jul 99 - 03:51 AM (#95380)
Subject: RE: Help me track down this Irish Rebel song!
From: Wolfgang

Thanks for the praise, Tucker, but what have I done to trigger that event?

Wolfgang

15 Jul 99 - 05:20 AM (#95393)
Subject: Lyr Add: ROLL OF HONOUR
From: MudGuard

Wolfgang, you were right, both with the title and with me having it stored electronically.

The line you remembered, Stuart, I marked in green

Mudguard, formerly known as AndreasW

Here we go:

Roll Of Honour

Chorus  

Read the roll of honour for Ireland's bravest men
We must be united in memory of the ten
England, you're a monster, don't think that you have won
We will never be defeated while Ireland has such sons
In those dreary H block cages ten brave young Irishmen lay
Hungering for justice while their young lives ebbed away
For their rights as Irish soldiers, and to free their native land
They stood besides their leader, the galant Bobby Sands.
Now we mourn Hughes in Bellaghy, Ray MacCreesh in Armagh hills
In those narrow streets in Derry they miss O'Hara still
They so proudly gave their young lives to break Britannia's hold
Their names shall be remembered as history unfolds

Through the war torn streets of Ulster the black flags did sadly wave
To salute ten Irish martyrs, the bravest of the brave
Joe McDonnell, Martin Hurson , Kevin Lynch, Kieran Doherty
They gave their lives for freedom, with Thomas MacElwee
Michael Devine from Derry, you were the last to die
When your nine brave companions with the martyr dead you lie
Your souls cry out, remember, our deaths were not in vain
Fight on and make our homeland a nation once again.


27 Jul 01 - 02:14 PM (#516122)
Subject: Lyr Add: ROLL OF HONOUR (Gerry O Glacain)
From: GUEST,raycelt@eircom.net

hello my friend,

The songs you are looking for is called "The Roll of Honour", lyrics below, if you need anymore songs please contact me, slainte, ray.

ROLL OF HONOUR (This song was written by Gerry O Glacain (The Irish Brigade)

(Chorus) Read the roll of honour, for Ireland's bravest men
We must be united in memory of the ten
England you're a monster, don't think that you have won
We will never be defeated, while Ireland has such sons

In those dreary H-Block cages, ten brave young Irishmen lay
Hungering for justice, while their young lives ebbed away
For their rights as Irish soldiers, and to free their native land
They stood beside their leader, the gallant Bobby Sands

Now the mourn Hughes in Bellaghy, Ray McCreesh in Armagh's hills
In those narrow streets of Derry, they miss O'Hara still
They so proudly gave their young lives, to break Britannia's hold
Their names shall be remembered as history unfolds

(Chorus)

Through the war torn streets of Ulster, the black flags did sadly wave
To salute ten Irish martyrs, the bravest of the brave
Joe McDonnell, Martin Hurson, Kevin Lynch, Kieran Doherty
They gave their lives for freedom with Thomas Mcllwee

Michael Devine from Derry, you were the last to die
With your nine brave companions, with the martyred dead you lie
Your souls cry out remember, our deaths were not in vain
Fight on and make our homeland, a nation once again

(Chorus)

27 Jul 01 - 02:31 PM (#516143)
Subject: RE: Help me track down this Irish Rebel song!
From: McGrath of Harlow

In case the penny didn't drop, they were the hunger strikers who died back in the H-blocks.

27 Jul 01 - 03:33 PM (#516200)
Subject: RE: Help me track down this Irish Rebel song!
From: Malcolm Douglas

I wonder if there is any real point in reviving a thread from two years ago in order to post a duplicate set of lyrics immediately below the previous set?

27 Jul 01 - 03:55 PM (#516226)
Subject: RE: Help me track down this Irish Rebel song!
From: McGrath of Harlow

Well, he added in the writer's name, which we didn't have before. And an email aadress with an offer to help in finding lyrics. Thus evidencing a willingness to assist us here. Thanks, raycelt, even if for some reason you hadn't read the previous post, in reviving a long gone thread.

27 Jul 01 - 04:57 PM (#516285)
Subject: RE: Help me track down this Irish Rebel song!
From: Malcolm Douglas

True; it's good that we now have a proper writer's credit.