Cara Dillon at The Venue, Leeds College of Music, Friday 16th February 2018. Performing 'There Were Roses' with her husband Sam Lakeman. Filmed with a Nikon D5500 camera, Tamron 18-400mm lens and Tascam TM-2X microphone. At 50fps.
Such a beautiful but tragic song about the troubles in the North of Ireland and hard to keep a dry eye listening to it. Great rendition by Cara and Sam.
My song for you this evening, it's not to make you sad Nor for adding to the sorrows of our 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 Isaac he was Protestant and Sean was Catholic born But 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 as one There were roses, roses There were roses And the tears of a people ran together It was on a Sunday morning when the awful news came round Another killing had been done just outside Newry Town We knew that Isaac danced up there, we knew he liked the band But when we heard that he was dead we just could not understand Now fear it filled the countryside there was fear in every home When late at night a car came prowling round the Ryan Road A Catholic would be killed tonight to even up the score Oh Christ it's young McDonald they have taken from the door There were roses, roses There were roses And the tears of a people ran together Isac was my friend he cried as he begged them with his tears but century years of hatred have ears that do not hear an eye for an eye it was all that felled there minds and another eye for another eye till everyone is blind I don't know where the moral is or where this song should end But I wonder just how many wars are fought between good friends And those who give the orders are not the ones to die It's Scott and young McDonald and the likes of you and I There were roses, roses There were roses And the tears of a people ran together There were roses, roses roses And the tears of a people ran together Songwriters: Thomas Sands
