Henry Joy Songtext
von Tommy Makem

An Ulsterman I am proud to be
From the Antrim glens I′ve come
And though I've laboured by the sea
I have followed fife and drum
I have heard the martial tramp of men
I′ve seen them fight and die
Ah lads it's well I remember when
I followed Henry Joy


I pulled my boat into the shore
And I hid my sails away
I put my nets upon a tree
And I scanned the moonlit bay
The boys were out, the redcoats too
I kissed my love goodbye
And there in the shade of a greenwood glade
I followed Henry Joy

It was for Ireland's cause we fought
For home and sire we bled
Though our numbers were few yet our hearts we threw
And five to one lay dead
And many′s a lassie mourned her lad
And mother mourned her boy
For youth was strong in the daring throng
That followed Henry Joy


In Belfast town they built a tree
And the redcoats mustered there
I saw him come as a beat of a drum
Rolled out in the barrack square
How proud he looked as he went aloft
And waved a last goodbye
My God he died, I turned and I cried
They have murdered Henry Joy