Grehan Sisters, The - Henry Joy lyrics

rate me

An Ulsterman I am proud to be

From the Antrim glens I come

Although I have laboured by the sea

I have followed fife and drum

I've heard the martial tramp of men

I've seen them fight and die

Ah! Lads, I well remember when

I followed Henry Joy

I pulled my boat in from the sea

And I hid my sails away

I hung my nets upon a tree

And I scanned the moonlit bay

All the boys were out, and the red coats too

I kissed my wife good-bye

And through the shade of the greenwood glade

I followed Henry Joy

It was for Ireland's cause we fought

For home and sire, we bled

Though our hearts were true, and our numbers were few

And ten to one lay dead

And many a lassie mourned her lad

And mother mourned her boy

For the youth was strong in the daring throng

That followed Henry Joy

In Belfast town they built a tree

And the redcoats mustered there

I saw him come as the sound of a drum

Rolled out on the barrack square

He kissed his sister and went aloft

He bade his last good-bye

He turned and died, My God, I cired

They have murdered Henry Joy