Lyr Req: Hurray for brave united men!

Subject: Lyr Req: Hurray for brave united men!
From:
Date: 09 Dec 02 - 02:14 PM

Hallo Lads,

please help me find lyrics to an Irish Rebel Song, I was looking for it in mudcat archive and with google, but found nothing. It goes a little bit like this:

<...>
And my mother's cry: Son I feel you'll die,
but still you are your father's boy,
(..............) we make you stay,
and here's the kiss for Henry Joy.
<...>

And the Chorus was:
Hurray for brave united men!
Hurray for brave united men!

I would be very glad for your help!
Best regards
Snori
www.slainte.art.pl

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurray for brave united men!
From: MartinRyan
Date: 19 Apr 11 - 04:35 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurray for brave united men!
From: MartinRyan
Date: 19 Apr 11 - 04:55 PM

No sign of this in Terry Moylan's The Age of Revolution in the Irish Song Tradition - which has several songs on Henry Joy McCracken.

Regards

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurray for brave united men!
From: GUEST,mick
Date: 08 Apr 12 - 05:16 PM

...and the fox and the hares sprang from their lair and every creature in the glen and the wild woods rang as the songbirds sang hurra the brave united men,and from the glen came antrims' men our banners flew with orange and green....
Platform - The Brave Unitedmen (written by Paddy McGuigan)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurray for brave united men!
From: GUEST,999
Date: 08 Apr 12 - 07:05 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=egYPy0ez21A

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurray for brave united men!
From: GUEST,Guest: Keith
Date: 09 Jul 20 - 08:42 AM

This is very belated and its very rough but here's a try

The Brave Unitedmen
(written by Paddy McGuigan)

(Spoken) The year 1798, the eve of the Battle of Antrim. A time when Christian men united for the Rights of Man

By the harbour wall in sweet Glen (Alley??)
The trembling (part we played the hand??)
But neither would we fix my (bind??)
Til Ireland saw the rights of man

Then came the (traitor two and bands??)
The cruel attack of great bar glen
We joined the few that made the van
We’ll be the brave United Men

And the fox and the hares
Sprang from their lair
And every creature in the glen
And the wild woods rang
As the songbirds sang
Hurra the brave united men,
Hurra the brave united men,

Every maiden’s prayer that the morning air
A shining light behind with pride
And the sun shone fair to my darling’s hair
As she watched me by my father’s side

And my mother's cry: Son I fear you'll die,
but still you are your father’s boy
And now they say, we make you stay
So here’s a kiss fort Henry Joy

And the fox and the hares
Sprang from their lair
And every creature in the glen
And the wild woods rang
As the songbirds sang
Hurra the brave united men,
Hurra the brave united men,

And from the Glen came Antrims' men
Our banners flew white orange and green....
With Henry Joy’s United Men
we swept from (/// to do the due??)

But on Antrim’s plain and on mountain (plain??)
My darling guide me to the glen
Now (in be fair??) I wonder where
I hear the cry United Men

And the fox and the hares
Sprang from their lair
And every creature in the glen
And the wild woods rang
As the songbirds sang
Hurra the brave united men,
Hurra the brave united men,

And the fox and the hares
Sprang from their lair
And every creature in the glen
And the wild woods rang
As the songbirds sang

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurray for brave united men!
From: cnd
Date: 09 Jul 20 - 08:17 PM

Good start, Keith. Here's some changes I made:

(Spoken) The year 1798, the eve of the Battle of Antrim. A time when Christian men united for the Rights of Man

By the harbor wall in sweet Glenarm
With trembling hearts, we pledged our hand
That neither would we fish nor farm
Til Ireland saw the rights of man

Then came the Presbyterian men
The truest hearts that graced our glen
We'll join with you, good neighbors, and
We'll be the brave United Men

CHORUS
And the fox and the hare
Sprang from their lair
And every creature in the glen
And the wild woods rang
As the songbirds sang
Hurra, the brave United Men
Hurra, the brave United Men

Every maiden's prayer blest the morning air
Our shining fifes they eyed with pride
And the sun shone fair through my darling’s hair
As she watched me by my father’s side

And my mother's cry: "Son I fear you'll die,
but still you are your father’s boy
And naught I say could make you stay
So here’s a kiss for Henry Joy"

CHORUS

And from the Glen came Antrims' men
Our banners flew both orange and green
With Henry Joy's United Men
We swept from Saintfield to Kilkee

But on Antrim’s plain, momma noticed the scene
My darling dragged me to the glen
Now in despair I wonder where
I'll hear that cry, "United Men"

CHORUS (x2) ["When the fox..." first time]

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurray for brave united men!
From: GUEST,Scott
Date: 24 Oct 24 - 08:29 AM

I believe this is the correct verison, glad to see after 22 years this post can be fulfilled haha.

The year 1798, the eve of the Battle of Antrim. A time when Christian men united for the Rights of Man

By the harbor wall in sweet Glenarm
With trembling hearts, we pledged our hand
That neither would we fish nor farm
Til Ireland saw the rights of man

Then came the Presbyterian men
The truest hearts that graced our glen
We'll join with you, good neighbors, and
We'll be the brave United Men

CHORUS
And the fox and the hare
Sprang from their lair
And every creature in the glen
And the wild woods rang
As the songbirds sang
Hurra, the brave United Men
Hurra, the brave United Men

Every maiden's prayer blest the morning air
Our shining fifes they eyed with pride
And the sun shone fair through my darling’s hair
As she watched me by my father’s side

And my mother's cry: "Son I fear you'll die,
but still you are your father’s boy
And naught I say could make you stay
So here’s a kiss for Henry Joy"

CHORUS
And the fox and the hare
Sprang from their lair
And every creature in the glen
And the wild woods rang
As the songbirds sang
Hurra, the brave United Men
Hurra, the brave United Men

And from the Glen came Antrims' men
Our banners flew both orange and green
With Henry Joy's United Men
We swept from Saintfield to Kilkee

But on Antrim’s plain, from amongst the slain
My darling dragged me to the glen
Now in despair I wonder where
I'll hear the cry, "United Men"

CHORUS (x2)
And the fox and the hare
Sprang from their lair
And every creature in the glen
And the wild woods rang
As the songbirds sang
Hurra, the brave United Men
Hurra, the brave United Men

And the fox and the hare
Sprang from their lair
And every creature in the glen
And the wild woods rang
As the songbirds sang
Hurra, the brave United Men
Hurra, the brave United Men