Tommy sands biography there were roses lyrics
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Tommy Sands (Irish singer)
Irish crooner (born )
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| Born | () 19 Dec (age&#;79) |
| Origin | Mayobridge, County Down, Boreal Ireland |
| Genres | Irish Society, Celtic |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, wireless broadcaster, civic activist |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, Sign, Banjo, Goldbrick, Bodhrán, vocals |
| Years active | s-present |
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Musical artist
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There Were Roses
Irish folk song
"There Were Roses" is an Irish folk song based on a true story. It was written by the Northern Ireland folk singer and songwriter Tommy Sands.
It was first recorded in by Robbie O'Connell, Mick Moloney and Jimmy Keane as the title track of their first joint album titled There Were Roses and incorrectly credited to "Moloney, O'Connell & Keane" on the Green Linnet label. Tommy Sands had also recorded his own song and it was the opening track of his album Singing of the Times on the Spring Records label.
Context
[edit]"There Were Roses" has been described as one of the best songs ever written about the Irish conflict known as The Troubles.[1] The song recounts the true story of two men, "Allan Bell" from Benagh, a Protestant and "Sean O'Malley" from South Armagh, a Catholic. The two were very close friends despite the political strife between the Catholic and Protestant communities and they would meet at Ryan Road, near Mayobridge in South County Down, where the Sands family have a farm. The Sands family were all musicians and singers and their house was a focal point for Catholic and Protestant neighbours to enjoy music and craic. That's how Sands had met them and "who were both good friends of mine" as in the lyri
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There were Roses lyrics
My song for you this evening, it's not to make you sad,
Nor for adding to the sorrows of this troubled Northern land.
But lately I've been thinking and it just won't leave my mind,
I'll tell you of two friends one time who were both good friends of mine.
Allan Bell from Banagh, he lived just across the fields,
A great man for the music and the dancing and the reels.
O'Malley came from South Armagh to court young Alice fair,
And we'd often meet on the Ryan Road and the laughter filled the air.
[Chorus]
There were roses, roses
There were roses
And the tears of the people
Ran together
Though Allan, he was Protestant, and Sean was Catholic born,
It never made a difference for the friendship, it was strong.
And sometimes in the evening when we heard the sound of drums
We said, "It won't divide us. We will always be the one."
For the ground our fathers ploughed in, the soil, it is the same,
And the places where we'd say our prayers have just got different names.
We talked about the friends who died, and we hoped there'd be no more.
It's little then we realized the tragedy in store.
[Chorus]
It was on a Sunday morning when the awful news came round,
Another killing has been done just outside Newry Town.
We knew tha