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The Northern Ploughboy

I am a Northern ploughboy
and I ploughed my fields today;
‘til a sudden thought came to my soul
that I should roam away.
For I’ve always hated occupation
since the day that I was born;
So I’m gonna join the P-I-R-A,
and I’m off tomorrow morn.

    We’re all off to Belfast in the green;
    With our weapons hidden from the sun;
    Where the SAM missiles flash,
    and the helicopters crash,
    to the echo of the Armalite gun.

I leave behind my house and heart;
I leave behind the land;
And I  leave behind my family
for it’ s time to lend a hand.
And I leave behind a sweet young girl
she’s the one I do adore;
But I’m sure that she’ll remember me
when she hears my SAM missile roar.

    We’re all off to Derry in the green;
    With our weapons hidden from the sun;
    Where the mortar bombs smash,
    and the Saracens crash,
    to the echo of the Armalite gun.

When this war is over
and the North is finally free;
Sure I’ll take her to a church in Armagh
and a rebel’s wife she’ll be.
Some men fight for God
and others fight for gold;
But the P-I-R-A are fighting for
the land that the Free State sold.

    We’re all off to Armagh in the green
    with our weapons hidden from the sun
    Where the Semtex blasts,
    as the paratroopers pass,
    to the echo of the Armalite gun.

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For Sandy..a Northern re-write of the Merry Ploughboy...

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  • ellipsist
    January 2

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    well composed, indeed... I like the rhyme scheme utilized throughout... an interesting mixture of beautiful wording and more realistic imagery... I like the story the unfolds, and the flow of this piece... thank you for this entry!


  • Ellis gold member
    December 22, 2007

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    Excellent Writing

    I do not know what to make of this. I am just lost... You are just not who I thought you are. I pictured you as a student in Illinois, USA. Well, you write Great Poetry. That's for damn sure.
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  • Cannonsfire silver member
    March 20, 2007
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    It has never been easy being green, but the depths of your words are felt throughout a free land and a true irishman of the cause, I salute you dear Mat, from the bottom of this 4th gen Aussie Irish heart Love, C


  • Lady Ireland gold member
    December 25, 2006
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    up the RA!

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