[00:05.75]My song for you this evening
[00:09.84]Is not to make you sad
[00:13.17]Nor for adding to the sorrows
[00:16.69]Of this troubled northern land
[00:19.91]But lately I''ve been thinking
[00:23.26]And it just wont leave my mind
[00:26.47]I''ll tell you about two friends one time
[00:29.81]Who were both good friends of mine
[00:32.85]Isaac he was Protestant
[00:36.53]And Sean was Catholic born
[00:39.52]But it never made a difference
[00:42.62]For the friendship it was strong
[00:45.83]And sometimes in the evening
[00:49.41]When they heard the sound of drums
[00:52.68]They said they wont divide us
[00:55.73]We will always be as one
[00:59.98]There were roses, roses
[01:07.64]There were roses
[01:11.94]And the tears of a people ran together
[01:19.92]
[01:31.30]It was on a Sunday morning
[01:35.31]When the awful news came round
[01:38.80]Another killing had been done
[01:42.29]Just outside Newry Town
[01:45.19]We knew that Isaac danced up there
[01:48.88]We knew he liked the band
[01:51.88][01:51.89]But when we heard that he was dead
[01:55.48]We just could not understand
[01:58.66]Now fear it filled the countryside
[02:01.91]There was fear in every home
[02:04.54]When late at night a car came
[02:08.26]Prowling round the Ryan Road
[02:11.53]A Catholic would be killed tonight
[02:15.29]To even up the score
[02:17.98]Oh Christ, it''s young MacDonald
[02:21.36]They have taken from the door
[02:24.53]There were roses, roses
[02:31.41]There were roses
[02:36.05]And the tears of a people ran together
[02:41.67]
[02:45.39]
[02:56.66]Isaac was my friend he cried
[02:59.61]He begged them with his tears
[03:02.71]But centuries of hatred
[03:05.89]Have ears that do not hear
[03:08.75]An eye for an eye
[03:11.75]That was all that filled their minds
[03:15.49]And another eye for another eye
[03:19.09]Till everyone was blind
[03:22.31]Now I don''t know where the moral is
[03:25.58]Or where the song should end
[03:28.47]But I wonder just how many wars
[03:32.26]Are fought between good friends
[03:35.23]And those who give the orders
[03:38.68]Are not the ones to die
[03:41.89]It''s Scott and young MacDonald
[03:45.08]And the likes of you and I
[03:49.74]There were roses, roses
[03:56.50]There were roses
[04:01.06]And the tears of a people ran together
[04:08.05]There were roses, roses, roses
[04:19.04]And the tears of a people ran together