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Verse 1
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My song for you this evening,
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it's not to make you sad
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Nor for adding to the sorrows
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of our troubled northern land
But lately I've been thinking and it
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just won't leave my mind
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I'll tell you of two friends one time
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who were both good friends of mine
Verse 2
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Isaac he was Protestant and
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Sean was Catholic born
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But it never made a difference,
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for the friendship it was strong
And sometimes in the evening when we
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heard the sound of drums
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We said it won't divide us,
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we will always be as one
Verse 3
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roses
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There were roses
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And the tears of a people ran to
gether
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Verse 4
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It was on a Sunday morning when the
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awful news came round
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Another killing had been done just
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outside Newry Town
We knew that Isaac danced up there,
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we knew he liked the band
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But when we heard that he was dead
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we just could not understand
Verse 5
fear it filled the countryside
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there was fear in every home
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When late at night a car came prowling
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round the Ryan Road
A Catholic would be killed
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tonight to even up the score
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Oh Christ it's young McDonald
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they have taken from the door
Verse 6
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There were roses, roses
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There were roses
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And the tears of a people ran together
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
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I don't know where the moral is or
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where this song should end
But I wonder just how many wars are
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fought between good friends
And those who give the orders
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are not the ones to die
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It's Scott and young McDonald and
Verse 8
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roses
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There were roses
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And the tears of a people
Verse 9
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There were roses, roses
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There were roses
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And the tears of a people ran together
Outro 1
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