Battering Ram - Henry Joy Lyrics

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An Ulster man I an proud to say from the Antrim Glens I come

Although I labored by the sea I followed fife and drum

I have heard the martial tramp of men; I've seen men fight and die

Ah! lads I well remember when I followed Henry Joy

I pulled my boat up from the sea I hid my sail away

I hung my nets on a greenwood tree and I scanned the moonlit bay

The boys were out, and the "Redcoats" too--I kissed my wife good-bye

And in the shade of the greenwood glade, sure I followed Henry Joy

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In Antrim Town the tyrant stood, he tore our ranks with ball

But with a cheer and a pike to clear we swept the o'er the wall

Our pikes and sabers flashed that day--we won, but lost, ah why

No matter lads, I fought beside, and shielded Henry Joy

Ah! boys, for Ireland's cause we fought, for her and home we bled

Though pikes were few still our hearts beat true, and five to one lay dead

But many a lassie mourned her lad and mother mourned her boy

For youth was strong in that gallant throng, who followed Henry Joy

In Belfast Town they built a tree, and the Redcoats mustered there

I watched them come at the beat of the drum, rolled out from the barrack square

He kissed his sister and went aloft, he bade a last good-bye

"My God, he died," sure I turned and cried, "They have murdered Henry Joy!"

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