Dorothy

I miss her.

I have been reading a book about a small town in Northern Ireland situated in the south across the border of its sister the Republic of Ireland. I have to post something for my class, and I found a great rendition of a song that I love sung by Cara Dillon. It's called "There were Roses," and it talks about the religious conflict in Northern Ireland. I thought since this is the week of St. Patrick's Day, I should post this live version of the song. The recording is incomplete, so I included the words below.



There were Roses
Words and music by Tommy Sands
Sung by Cara Dillon

My song for you this evening, it's not to make you sad
Nor for adding to the sorrows of our troubled northern land
But lately I've been thinking and it just won't leave my mind
I'll tell you of two friends on the time who were both good friends of mine

Isaac he was Protestant and Sean was Catholic born
But it never made a difference, for the friendship it was strong
And sometimes in the evening when we heard the sound of drums
We said it won't divide us, we will always be as one

There were roses, roses
There were roses
And the tears of a people ran together

It was on a Sunday morning when the awful news came round
Another killing had been done just outside Newry Town
We knew that Isaac danced up there, we knew he liked the band
But when we heard that he was dead we just could not understand

Now fear it filled the countryside there was fear in every home
When late at night a car came prowling round the Ryan Road
A Catholic would be killed tonight to even up the score
Oh Christ it's young McDonald they have taken from the door

There were roses, roses
There were roses
And the tears of a people ran together

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 who give the orders are not the ones to die
It's Scott and young McDonald and the likes of you and I

There were roses, roses
There were roses
And the tears of a people ran together

There were roses, roses
There were roses
And the tears of a people ran together

Friday was Pizza Day - the best day of the week

Tonight we ordered pizza for dinner. It was nice. We don't do it very often. It's cool that we can order Pizza Hut online. Ben loves pepperoni pizza like most boys. Chris and I had a supreme.

Today Ben went to Sierra Vista for Royalz Core. They went on a field trip to The Cove, a pool with cool slides and a wave pool. Ben was quite happy about going. He loves to swim. He was also excited to go to the mall, mostly because we never take him. Is that bad? I just hate shopping at the mall, probably because we used to work at the mall. He called me from the mall to tell me that the bookstore had this book that he wanted to read - If you're reading this, it's too late by Pseudonymous Bosch. Ben read the first book in a couple of days. He loved it, and I haven't heard him laugh out loud while reading ever. It was awesome. Anyway, Ben didn't get it because he didn't want to buy the hardback version of the book for $16. I told him we'd check it out from the library.