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Henry Joy
Seth Staton Watkins
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An Ulster man I am proud to be
From Antrim's glen I come
And though I've laboured by the sea
I followed flag and drum
I have heard the martial tramp of man
I've seen them fight and die
Oh lads, it's well I remember when
I followed Henry Joy
I dragged my boat in from the shore
And I hid my sails away
And I hung my nets upon the tree
And I scanned the moonlit bay
The boys went out, the redcoats too
I kiss my love goodbye
And in the shade of the greenwood glade
I followed Henry Joy
In Antrim town a tyrant stood
He tore our ranks with ball
But with a cheer and a pike to clear
We swept them o're the wall
Our pikes and sabres flashed that day
We won but lost, ah why
No matter lads I have fought beside
And shielded Henry Joy
It was for Ireland's cause we fought
For home and sire we bled
Though our pikes were few our hearts were true
And fight to one lay dead
And many a lassie mourned her lad
And mothers mourned her boy
For youth's strong and a gallant throng
That followed Henry Joy
In Belfast town they built a tree
And the redcoats mustered there
I saw him as come the beat of the drum
Rolled out in the barracks square
He kissed his sister and went aloft
And waved a last goodbye
My god he died, I turned and cried
They've murdered Henry Joy
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