Song for Ulster
Written very quickly this morning. To be sung in a Damien Dempsey stylee…
I am an angry man yeah, I vent it when I can, yeah
On the DART, with a shopping cart
The negativity, yeah, about the orangemen, yeah
Is a shame, whose to blame?
And when the barrow flies, yeah, into the garda’s lines, yeah
Throw it down, through the main street of townBut it’s all good, it’s all good
Got me some free shoes today
It’s all good, sure it’s all good
Got me some free shoes todayand when the wheelbarrow flies, yeah, it’s a sight for sore eyes , yeah
It is truth, it is youth
They try to keep us down, yeah
The marchers from out of town, yeah
From the North, travelling back and forth
And to survive their marching, yeah
You have to throw everything, yeah
you can grab, like a paving slabLove Ulster Parade, no way, no way
Love Ulster Parade, no way, no way
it’s uncannily dempsey-ish allright.
Comment by ronan — February 27, 2006 @ 3:58 pm
Damn you beat me to it!
‘Got me some free shoes today,’catchy yet edged with a harsh ring of truth.
Comment by Donal — February 27, 2006 @ 5:48 pm