Derry’s Walls – Lyrics
One of my ‘pet peeves’ is folks only knowing the chorus of these popular songs! You know what to do! 😀
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The Thirteenth Morning
The following poem was found an old newspaper clipping. It was written in 1952 about the 13th July morning in Lurgan in 1951. The author had been asked several times for it so thought the easiest thing to do was to send it to the Lurgan Mail for publishing. We can tell by the poem…
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Song – The Battle of the Boyne
One of the lesser known “orange” songs telling the tale of the Battle of the Boyne.
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On The Green Grassy Slopes of the Boyne
Some folks sing of mountains and valleysWhere the wild flowers abundantly growAnd some of the wave-crested billowsThat dash ‘neath the waters belowBut I’m going to speak of a riverAnd I hope in the chorus you’ll joinOf the deeds that were done by King WilliamOn the green grassy slopes of the Boyne Chorus:On the green grassy…
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Dolly’s Brae
Being on the Twelfth day of July, eighteen and forty-nine,The Pagans of this country together did combine,To shoot and slay our Orangemen upon that glorious day,They did encamp in thousands great at a place called Dolly’s Brae. Lord Roden was Grandmaster of the Orangemen just then,No better chieftain could be found among the sons of…
