Cara Dillon (nascida em 21 de julho de 1975, em Dungiven, County Londonderry, Irlanda do Norte) é uma cantora folk irlandesa. Em 2001, ela iniciou sua carreira como artista solo no Reino Unido com o álbum homônimo Cara Dillon. No entanto, Dillon foi perseguir uma carreira na música desde sua adolescência, progredindo através de bandas folk como Oige e Equation e gastar tempo trabalhando com o seu marido Sam Lakeman sob o nome duo Polar Star. Ela também colaborou com artistas de uma variedade de gêneros musicais ao longo do caminho.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
[Verses] G my song for you this evening CDG It's not to make you sad D nor for adding to the sorrows CG of this troubled northern land
but lately I been thinking CDG and it just won't leave my mind D to tell you of two friends one time CG who were both good friends of mine
alan bell from benagh CDG he lived just across the fields D a great man for the music C and the dancing and the reels G o'malley came from south armagh CDG to court young alice fair D and we'd often meet on the ryan road C and laughter filled the air
CGCGCG there were roses, roses, there were roses DCG and the tears of the people ran together
alan he was protestant and sean was catholic born it never made a difference for the friendship it was strong and sometimes in the evening when we heard the sound of the drums we said it won't divide us we will always be the ones for the ground our fathers ploughed in well the soil is just the same and the places where we say our prayers have just got different names we talked about the friends who died and hoped there'd be no more it was little then that we realised the tragedy in store
there were roses, roses, there were roses and the tears of the people ran together
it was on the sunday morning when the awful news came round another killing has been done just outside newry town we knew that alan danced up there we knew he liked the band when we heard that he was dead we just could not understand we gathered at the graveside on that cold and rainy day and the minister he closed his eyes and he prayed for no revenge and all the ones who knew him from along the ryan road bowed their heads and said a prayer for the resting of his soul
there were roses, roses, there were roses and the tears of the people ran together
well fear it filled the countryside there was fear in every home when the car of death came prowling round the lonely ryan road a catholic will be killed tonight to even up the score o christ it's young o'malley that they've taken from the door "alan was my friend" he cried he begged them with his fear but centuries of hatred have ears that cannot hear an eye for an eye was all that filled their minds and another eye for another eye till everyone is blind
there were roses, roses, there were roses and the tears of the people ran together
so my song for you this evening it's not to make you sad nor for adding to the sorrows of this troubled northern land but lately I been thinking and it just won't leave my mind to tell you of two friends one time who were both good friends of mine I don't know where the moral is or where this song should end but I wonder just how many wars are fought between good friends and those that give the orders are not the ones to die it's bell and o'malley and the likes of you and i
CGCGCG there were roses, roses, there were roses DCG and the tears of the people ran together