There were Roses,Tommy Sands

"There Were Roses" is an Irish folk ballad written by Northern Irish singer, songwriter and storyteller, Tommy Sands. The lyrics are based on a real incident that took place in Northern Ireland in 1974. The song recounts how Allan Bell, a Protestant friend of Sands, was murdered in a senseless act of violence in Newry. In the aftermath, a group of local Protestants "prowled round the Ryan Road" for a Catholic to kill in retaliation; ironically, the man they selected, Sean O'Malley, had been a good friend of the Protestant victim and also of Sands.Profound lyrics.

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[ninatafuta]

@scotty1137 If you write "God bless the Irish" you did not understand the message of the song. The message is: God bless the world and everyone who is living in it.

[Scotty1137]

@ninatafuta where are you from?

[ninatafuta]

@Scotty1137 Germany

[Scotty1137]

@ninatafuta up we the Scots an Irish an doon we the English an Germans : )

[blu3j4yw4y]

Doesn't really matter what's happened over the last 900 years. We are here and now. Our ancestor's battles are not ours. Fighting out of tradition is the worst kind.

[airplanemaniac1]

the uda never existed?????? nor the red hand? nor the lvf etc... no terrorists on your side? the Queen and her government?????? only republicans??? i dont think do

[Thor1082]

@Scotty1137 you learned nothing from the song you just heard. anger , hate, prejudice and fear always leads to violence, hate and bloodshed. believe me. the history of my country is full of it.

[TheJohnus]

I also like "The people have spoken"

[smaffa2335]

This song is amazing and poignant.

[CutleryNovice]

@BLACKOUTMK2 Well I wouldn't kill for that but I'd fight someone for it

[BLACKOUTMK2]

@CutleryNovice That's not what I said. I said your killing over something that happened ages ago. If someone, say, personally broke into your house and threatened to kill you and your family that's different.

[CutleryNovice]

@BLACKOUTMK2 Hey I'm with him,come after my family or friends and I will kill you

[BLACKOUTMK2]

@seamusmccarthy That's the spirit. Go around destroying and killing people in your own country. At the end of the day you don't prove your any better than they are.

[BLACKOUTMK2]

The sad thing is. Parents brainwash their children on how awful what happened is. And then they brainwash their children in the same way. And in all honesty. This fighting has become an Irish tradition. And look at them all. They're enjoying themselves. And in the end they aren't fighting for any reason. Just to enjoy themselves. Some don't even know why they are fighting. And by doing so you only prove to everyone else you can make a few petrol bombs and kill people.

[seamusmccarthy04]

ill die for what i believe in....and i believe in avenging family and other loved ones