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Subject: Help me track down this Irish Rebel song! From: Stuart C Date: 13 Jul 99 - 05:38 AM 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. |
Subject: RE: Help me track down this Irish Rebel song! From: O'Boyle Date: 14 Jul 99 - 12:26 AM 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 |
Subject: RE: Help me track down this Irish Rebel song! From: Wolfgang Date: 14 Jul 99 - 10:56 AM 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 |
Subject: RE: Help me track down this Irish Rebel song! From: Tucker Date: 14 Jul 99 - 11:10 PM wolfgang you are great! I have found several lost songs through you. |
Subject: RE: Help me track down this Irish Rebel song! From: Wolfgang Date: 15 Jul 99 - 03:51 AM Thanks for the praise, Tucker, but what have I done to trigger that event? Wolfgang |
Subject: Lyr Add: ROLL OF HONOUR From: MudGuard Date: 15 Jul 99 - 05:20 AM 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 HonourChorusRead the roll of honour for Ireland's bravest menIn 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. |
Subject: Lyr Add: ROLL OF HONOUR (Gerry O Glacain) From: GUEST,raycelt@eircom.net Date: 27 Jul 01 - 02:14 PM 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
In those dreary H-Block cages, ten brave young Irishmen lay
Now the mourn Hughes in Bellaghy, Ray McCreesh in Armagh's hills (Chorus)
Through the war torn streets of Ulster, the black flags did sadly wave
Michael Devine from Derry, you were the last to die (Chorus) |
Subject: RE: Help me track down this Irish Rebel song! From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 27 Jul 01 - 02:31 PM In case the penny didn't drop, they were the hunger strikers who died back in the H-blocks. |
Subject: RE: Help me track down this Irish Rebel song! From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 27 Jul 01 - 03:33 PM 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? |
Subject: RE: Help me track down this Irish Rebel song! From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 27 Jul 01 - 03:55 PM 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. |
Subject: RE: Help me track down this Irish Rebel song! From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 27 Jul 01 - 04:57 PM True; it's good that we now have a proper writer's credit. |
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