Banna Strand (The Ballad of Roger Casement)-The Wolfe Tones

[ti:Banna Strand (The Ballad of Roger Casement)] [ar:The Wolfe Tones] [al:1916 Remembered. The Easter Rising] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Banna Strand (The Ballad of Roger Casement) - The Wolfe Tones [00:14.89]'Twas on good Friday morning [00:20.13]All in the month of May [00:23.87] [00:24.46]A German ship was signaling [00:29.46]Beyond out in the bay [00:32.96] [00:33.53]We had twenty thousand rifles [00:38.16] [00:38.72]All ready for to land [00:42.85]But no answering signal did come [00:45.98]From the lonely Banna strand [00:52.09] [00:54.34]No signal answers from the shore [00:59.33]Sir roger sadly said [01:03.04] [01:03.57]No comrades here to meet me [01:07.37] [01:08.86]Alas they must be dead [01:12.06] [01:12.90]But I must do my duty [01:16.88] [01:17.98]And at once I mean to land [01:22.14]So in a small boat rowed ashore [01:27.44]On the lovely Banna strand [01:31.31] [01:33.44]Now the RIC were hunting [01:36.87]For sir roger high and low [01:42.88]They found him in Mckenna's fort [01:47.16] [01:48.01]Said they you are our foe [01:51.41] [01:52.16]Said he I'm roger casement [01:56.08] [01:57.36]I came to my native land [02:00.88] [02:01.55]I mean to free my countrymen [02:06.55]On the lonely Banna strand [02:10.51] [02:13.00]They took sir roger prisoner [02:18.13]And sailed for London town [02:22.30]And in the tower they laid him [02:27.25]A traitor to the crown [02:31.50]Said he I am no traitor [02:36.60]But his trial he had to stand [02:40.88]For bringing German rifles [02:43.98]To the lonely Banna strand [02:49.92] [02:52.20]'Twas in an English prison [02:55.47]That they led him to his death [03:01.61]I'm dying for my country [03:05.75] [03:06.68]He said with his last breath [03:10.26] [03:10.85]They buried him in British soil [03:16.06]Far from his native land [03:19.49] [03:20.22]And the wild waves sing his requiem [03:24.83] [03:25.34]On the lonely Banna strand [03:29.16] [03:42.86]They took sir roger home again [03:48.12]In the year of '65 [03:51.75] [03:52.26]And with his comrades of '16 [03:56.59] [03:57.44]In peace and tranquil lies [04:00.87] [04:01.59]His last fond wish it is fulfilled [04:06.06] [04:06.69]For to lie in his native land [04:10.24] [04:10.89]And the waves will roll in peace again [04:15.96]On the lonely Banna strand