{"id":7000,"date":"2002-03-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-03-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-11-07T13:22:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T17:22:32","slug":"roddy-mccorley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7000","title":{"rendered":"Roddy McCorley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/Folkden_Podcast_Art.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"220\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"><a href=\"?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\">Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Roddy_McCorley.mp3\">Roddy McCorley<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"about\">Roddy McCorley was a local leader in County Antrim in Ireland during the rebellion of 1798. After being captured by British Soldiers he was executed in the town of Toomebridge.. The song was adapted by the Clancy Brothers from words written by Ethna Carberry who lived from 1866-1902.The Clancy Brothers recorded the song on the 1961 album &#8216;The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem&#8217; on Tradition Records. The Kingston Trio also recorded the song. I first heard it performed by the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem at the Gate of Horn folk club in Chicago around 1961. Happy St. Patrick&#8217;s Day!<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\nG] O see the fleet-foot host of men, who [C] march with faces [G] drawn,<br \/>\nFrom farmstead and from [C] fishers&#8217; [G] cot, along the [C] banks of [D] Ban;<br \/>\n[G] They come with vengeance [C] in their [G] eyes. Too late! [C] Too late are<br \/>\n[D] they,<br \/>\n[G] For young Roddy McCorley goes to die on the [C] bridge of Toome<br \/>\n[G] today.<\/p>\n<p>Oh Ireland, Mother Ireland, you love them still the best<br \/>\nThe fearless brave who fighting fall upon your hapless breast,<br \/>\nBut never a one of all your dead more bravely fell in fray,<br \/>\nThan he who marches to his fate on the bridge of Toome today.<\/p>\n<p>Up the narrow street he stepped, so smiling, proud and young.<br \/>\nAbout the hemp-rope on his neck, the golden ringlets clung;<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s ne&#8217;er a tear in his blue eyes, fearless and brave are<br \/>\nthey,<br \/>\nAs young Roddy McCorley goes to die on the bridge of Toome<br \/>\ntoday.<\/p>\n<p>When last this narrow street he trod, his shining pike in hand<br \/>\nBehind him marched, in grim array, an earnest stalwart band.<br \/>\nTo Antrim town! To Antrim town, he led them to the fray,<br \/>\nBut young Roddy McCorley goes to die on the bridge of Toome today.<\/p>\n<p>The grey coat and its sash of green were brave and stainless then,<br \/>\nA banner flashed beneath the sun over the marching men;<br \/>\nThe coat hath many a rent this noon, the sash is torn away,<br \/>\nAnd Roddy McCorley goes to die on the bridge of Toome today.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, how his pike flashed in the sun! Then found a foeman&#8217;s heart,<br \/>\nThrough furious fight, and heavy odds he bore a true man&#8217;s part<br \/>\nAnd many a red-coat bit the dust before his keen pike-play,<br \/>\nBut Roddy McCorley goes to die on the bridge of Toome today.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s never a one of all your dead more bravely died in fray<br \/>\nThan he who marches to his fate in Toomebridge town today;<br \/>\nTrue to the last! True to the last, he treads the upwards way,<br \/>\nAnd young Roddy McCorley goes to die on the bridge of Toome today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Roddy McCorley Roddy McCorley was a local leader in County Antrim in Ireland during the rebellion of 1798. After being captured by British Soldiers he was executed in the town of Toomebridge.. The song was adapted by the Clancy Brothers from words written by Ethna Carberry who lived &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7000\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Roddy McCorley&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irishbritish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7000"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8566,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7000\/revisions\/8566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}