BLACK  ON  THE  GREEN  ( Last Night On The New Lodge )

( FOR THE NEW LODGE SIX:  AMBROSE HARDY, BRENDAN MAGUIRE, ANTHONY CAMPBELL, JOHN LOUGHRAN, JAMES SLOAN, AND JAMES MC CANN, THE  SIX MEN MURDERED BY BRITISH AND PRO-BRITISH FORCES  3 – 4  FEB 1973 ON THE NEW LODGE ROAD, BELFAST. )

BY  SEAMUS  ROBINSON   © 1973

 

‘Twas early one morn in the street called North Queen,

Along my way I met a colleen.

Her face was the saddest that I’ve ever seen,

And there on her coat she wore black on the Green.

Black on the Green – black on the Green –

And there on her coat she wore black on the Green.

 

I stopped to ask why she was so sad,

And why on her coat those colours she had.

She lifted her face and spoke like a queen –

Last night on the New Lodge, six died for the Green.

Died for the Green – died for the Green –

Last night on the New Lodge, six died for the Green.

 

Maguire and Loughran, Sloan and McCann,

Campbell and Hardy – a hero each man.

The finest of flowers that I’ve ever seen –

Last night on the New Lodge, they died for the Green.

Died for the Green – died for the Green –

Last night on the New Lodge, they died for the Green.

 

She turned away from me and went on her way,

And all around, the day had gone grey.

I’ll always remember that lovely colleen –

And why on her coat she wore black on the Green.

Black on the Green – black on the Green –

And why on her coat she wore black on the Green.

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