WHO  FALL  FOR  IRELAND  NEVER  DIE

( BALLAD OF BILLY REID )

by

SEAMUS  ROBINSON  © 1971

 

Come gather ‘round, good people true ,

Sad is the word I bring to you .

In Belfast city ‘tis said ,

For Ireland’s cause brave Reid is dead .

 

( CHORUS )

Who fall for Ireland never die –

Within our hearts they ever lie .

Who give their lives their land to free –

Live on for e’er in memory

 

In Belfast by the Lagan side ,

There’s many cry this eventide .

They weep for him who gave his all ,

To free his land from foreign thrall .

 

In that last fray, how well he fought ;

He stood his ground as soldier ought .

With gun in hand against the foe ,

He struggled on until laid low .

 

Good people true, remember well ,

Brave Billy Reid and why he fell .

No finer son a mother hath ,

Than he who treads the martyr’s path .

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