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3723. Portadown 1641 (Traditional Protestant Irish)

This traditional Protestant Irish song commemorates the massacre that occurred in 1641, when the town of Porterdown was taken by Fenian rebels, led by Toole McCann, acting under the orders of Sir Phelim O’Neill. The song was requested by Maxwell 37. Lyrics and chords: E ………………….............…… A ……..........……… B7……………...........… E In sixteen hundred and forty one those Fenians formed a plan ……….............………… A ….. E ………………...............……. B7 To massacre us Protestants down by the River Bann, …..... E …….........…… A …... E …………………...…. B7 To massacre us Protestants and not to spare a man ……… E ………………................…. A ……........……… B7 …............. E But to drive us down like a herd of swine into the River Bann. Brave Porter fell a victim, because he did intend To help his brother Protestants their lives for to defend. The blood did stain the waters red; their bones lay all around, As they drove them down into the Bann that flows through Portadown. A lady living in Loughgall and with her children five She begged for the sake of them to let her be alive That she might go to England her husband there to see And to live in peace and unity and far from Popery. But O they would not hear her cry, they placed her on the ground And after having tortured her the six of them they bound. They said, "You are a heretic; the Pope you do defy And it’s from this bridge in Portadown this day your doomed to die." And after having tortured her to a pain she could not stand Down through the streets of Portadown they dragged her to the Bann. O'Shane appointed as her guard to guide her on her way And the thought of her five young children was leading her astray. At least a hundred faithful souls in Portadown were slain. All were the deeds of Popery their wicked ways to gain But God sent down brave Cromwell our deliverer to be And he put down Popery in this land, us Protestants set free. King William soon came after him and planted at the Boyne An Orange Tree there that we should bear in mind How Popery did murder, us Protestants did drown. The bones of some can still be seen this day in Portadown. You can see a playlist of my Orange songs here:    • Orange Songs   Lyrics and chords of many of my songs are no longer available, as my website has expired. I am currently posting lyrics to the information panels on all my videos and those that are too long to post in full will be found on my new website: https://raymondsfolkpage.wordpress.com