BELFAST RB BOOKLET 2020 - Flipbook - Page 46
Ci t y of Belf ast Grand Bl ack Chapt er - Dem onst rat i on Bookl et 2020
Brave Orange is here, to our cause ever true.
No danger could daunt him, no force could subdue.
And on our fair island princesses, the flower of her line,
Whose fame with mild lustre, for ages shall shine?
Great Schomberg is ready, his good sword to wield,
It has quelled the oppressor on many a field;
And the Swede and the Switzer their power unite,
With the strength of staunch Holland, for freedom and right.
With a favouring gale thro' the Straits did they glide.
While a multitude crowned the white cliffs on each side;
Thro' the channel they sped, where the Spaniard of yore,
In fire and in tempest was chased from our shores.
In the calm they have landed from sunny Torbay,
And the best of the nation have joined their array.
They have rested and prayed by fair Exeter's towers,
For the strength that availeth in perilous hours.
They have marched through the lands of the Avon and Thames,
And before them have scattered the troops of King James;
And now the great city, her gates has thrown wide,
That in triumph right worthy, her champion may ride.
To the hills of old Scotland the signal has sped,
And her children are stirred as with life from the dead.
Like the voice of the clarion that summons has rung,
And forthwith from the heather an army has sprung.
Where the Douglas of old plied his claymore of might,
Now a Douglas is leading the bands to the Right.
And the trampled blue banner, the badge of the free,
May yet wave o'er the wreck, of the host of Dundee.
To the vales of green Ulster the tidings have passed,
And her true men in thousands are gathering fast;
For the strong walls of 'Derry have warders right stern;
And heroes are found on the shores of Lough Erne.
Through myriads against us King Louis may bring,
We will trust in the arm of a mightier King;
And the spirit that fires our defenders today,
In true British hearts shall be quenchless for aye!
CLEVER LITTLE MONKEY .. one fine day up at Bellevue, the
zoo-keeper noticed that one of the monkeys had his head down
and was focused intensely on reading a couple of books; one was
the Holy Bible and the other was, Darwin's .. 'Origin of the
Species .'
Being both surprised as well as curious, he asked the primate ..
'why are you reading those two particular books '?
' Well'' said the little monkey, 'I am just curious to know if I was
actually my brother's keeper or my keeper's brother .'
IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN - 44 - AND THE FUTURE OF THE LIVING