这首《那里有玫瑰》“There Were Roses”(获得2003年英国广播公司民乐奖最佳歌曲提名),演绎了托米.杉德(Tommy Sand)的那个动人的爱尔兰故事。
Cara Dillon的There were roses是一次的成功的翻唱,原作是爱尔兰现代民谣歌手Tommy Sands,背景是在70年代末期的北爱尔兰,那个时候是爱尔兰共和军最为活跃的时代,为了将北爱从英国分裂出去,而制造了一系列流血事件,支持英国的新教教徒和支持爱尔兰的天主教徒严重对立,Tommy Sands的一个属于新教的朋友被天主教徒谋杀,而作为报复,这个朋友的一个天主徒朋友,同时也是Tommy Sands的朋友,被新教徒报复杀害,两个年轻人成为了仇恨的牺牲品而毫无意义的被剥夺了生命. Cara Dillon成功的翻唱了这首曲子,并将呼唤和平的心声传入了每个听者的思绪.
《There Were Roses》,这首歌曲 Cara Dillon 曾在电视节目中演唱,观众强烈的反响瞬间就如排山倒海之势。Cara Dillon 说:“人们可能对我很惊诧,因为我以前从未做过任何****方面的事务,但是我对和平一直有很强烈的感觉,特别赞同这首歌曲的精神,我相信我对它的理解绝对准确?”
My song for you this evening
Is not to make you sad
Nor for adding to the sorrows
Of this troubled northern land
But lately I've been thinking
And it just wont leave my mind
I'll tell you about two friends one 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 they heard the sound of drums
They said they wont 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 MacDonald
They have taken from the door
There were roses, roses
There were roses
And the tears of a people ran together
Isaac was my friend he cried
He begged them with his tears
But centuries of hatred
Have ears that do not hear
An eye for an eye
That was all that filled their minds
And another eye for another eye
Till everyone was blind
Now I don't know where the moral is
Or where the 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 MacDonald
And the likes of you and I
There were roses, roses
There were roses
And the tears of a people ran together