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EU Culture Week (Day 1) - Ulster Girl
The Platoon - Ulster Girl
I thought I'd kick off with a song I found recently called Ulster Girl by some crowd called The Platoon. Its a bit of a country/ballad type song (I'm obviously no music expert) about a girl's desire to keep Ulster free. Its not what you'd call apolitical exactly but it certainly impressed me. You can feel the emotion that's gone into writing and performing it and it would definitely be the first song I'd want on any CD with Ulster music on it.
Lyrics and link below...
Follow up:
Ulster Girl
The PlatoonAn Ulster Girl in heart and soul, I love our dear old land
I honour those who in her cause lift voice or pen or hand
And may I die before I see this land we fought to save
In Rebel Hands and I at worst the mother of a slaveThrough many bloody times of old, old Ulsters heart has bled
But still she makes her enemy know her spirit has not fled
God bless the men who for her sake their love and freedom gave
God bless the mothers of these sons who nursed no cowardly slavesChorus: The Ulster Girl is me, I'll tell you honestly
That I'd die to keep this land of ours still free
And if we lost our freedom, my heart would break in two
And if I couldn't stay here I don't know what I'd doGod bless the men who make their stand, we've put them to the test
I'd give the youth all treasures grand, who served his country best
And if he fails I'd rather lie beside him in the grave
Than wed a meek apologist and be the mother of a slave(chorus)
The Ulster Girl is me, I'll tell you honestly
That I'd die to keep this land of ours still free
That I'd die to keep this land of ours still free
You can listen to this song at the South Belfast Friends of the Somme Association's page about the Ulster Solemn League And Covenant. There are definitely better (and higher quality) versions of the song out there and while I obviously wouldn't know, I'm sure it would be possible to download it* from a file sharing network like Shareaza.
* Downloading copyrighted material is illegal and Everything Ulster doesn't condone or encourage it, nor accept any responsibility whatsoever for any action resulting from the download of any copyrighted material whatsoever.