A song from 1895.
music by C. Bohner
published by Whaley Royce & Co., Toronto
Topics: Loyal Orange Association of British America, Political ballads and songs, Chansons politiques
The sheet music:
Accompaniment track:
Lyrics
- Ye Protestants of Ulster I pray you join with me,
Your voices raise in lofty praise and show your loyalty.
Extol the day we marched away with Orange flags so fine.
In order to commemorate the conquest of the Boyne.
2. The first who fought upon the day the Prince of Orange was
He headed our forefathers in his most glorious cause;
Protestant rights for to maintain, and Pop’ry to degrade;
And in the memory of the same we fought at Lisnagade.
3. ‘Twas early in the morning before the rise of the sun,
An information we received our foes each with his gun
In ambush lay, near the highway, intrenched in a fort,
For to disgrace our Orange flag, but it chanced they broke their oath.
4. We had not marched a mile or so, when the white flag we espy’d,
With a branch of Podereens on which they much relied.
And this inscription underneath – “Hail Mary, Unto Thee-
Deliver us from the Orange dogs, and then we will be free.”
5. At half an hour past two o’clock, a firing did commence,
With clouds of smoke and showers of balls, the Heaven was condensed.
They called unto their wooden gods, to whom they used to pray,
But my lady Mary fell asleep and the cowards ran away