The Historical Songs of Ireland, Illustrative of the Revolutionary Struggle Between James II and William III, Volume 1,Edizione 3Thomas Crofton Croker Percy Society, 1841 - 139 pagine |
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Pagina 121 - IT was a' for our rightfu' King, We left fair Scotland's strand ; It was a' for our rightfu' King We e'er saw Irish land, My dear ; We e'er saw Irish land. Now a' is done that men can do, And a...
Pagina 2 - Lero, lero, liliburlero,' that made an impression on the [king's] army, that cannot be imagined by those that saw it not. The whole army, and at last the people, both in city and country, were singing it perpetually. And perhaps never had so slight a thing so great an effect.
Pagina 60 - THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE. JULY the first, in Oldbridge town, There was a grievous battle, Where many a man lay on the ground, By the cannons that did rattle. King James he pitched his tents between The lines for to retire; But King William threw his bomb-balls in, And set them all on fire.
Pagina 122 - The sodger from the wars returns, The sailor frae the main ; But I hae parted frae my love, Never to meet again, My dear ; Never to meet again. W'hen day is gane, and night is come, And a...
Pagina 62 - They set the field on fire ; And long before the morning light. To Dublin they did retire. Then said King William to his men, After the French departed, " I'm glad," said he, " that none of ye Seemed to be faint-hearted, So sheath your swords, and rest awhile, In time we'll follow a'ter " : These words he uttered with a smile, The day he crossed the water. Come, let us all, with heart and voice, Applaud our lives' defender, Who at the Boyne his valour showed, And made his foes surrender.
Pagina 81 - Upon the declaration of war in 1689 against France, the King published " A Proclamation for the encouraging French Protestants to transport themselves into this kingdom," declaring that " Finding in his subjects a true and just sense of their deliverance from the persecution, lately threatening them for their religion, and of the miseries and oppressions the French Protestants lay under; such of them as should seek their refuge in, and transport themselves into this kingdom...
Pagina 43 - History of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland," says,* "It is painful to be obliged to add, that the gallant defenders of Derry and Enniskillen were treated very ungratefully by the state. Instead of being in any wise rewarded, they did not even receive the amount of pay which was acknowledged by parliament to be justly due to them.
Pagina 63 - When, in the course of the day, the battle approached James's position on the hill of Donore, the warlike prince retired to a more secure distance at Duleek, where he soon put himself at the head of his French allies, and led the retreat ; the king and the French coming off without a scar.
Pagina 61 - be not dismayed For the losing of one commander; For God will be our king this day, And I'll be general under." Then stoutly we the Boyne did cross, To give our enemies battle ; Our cannon, to our foes great cost, Like thundering claps did rattle, In majestic mien our prince rode o'er, « His men soon followed a'ter ; With blows and shouts put our foes to the route, The day 'we crossed the water.
Pagina 107 - English army were just ready to come into town, but were greatly surprised, when an hour or two after they heard the whole body of the Irish horse coming in, in very good order, with kettle-drums, hautboys, and trumpets ; and early the next morning the French, and a great party of the Irish foot.