The Irish Brigade - Ballymena Bible Belt Blockade lyrics
[The Irish Brigade - Ballymena Bible Belt Blockade lyrics]
Said Peter Robinson one day
"Maggie'll never have her way"
We close the North without one
Oh, but it's hard to have your say
When a tractor blocks your way
At the Ballymena Bible Belt Blockade
Oh, for Ulster has said no
The pact will have to go
We'll show her that us prods are not afraid
So we will close down every shop and
The work will have to stop
At the Ballymena Bible Belt Blockade
On that frosty Monday morn
They did not heed the factory horn
No wonder Peter Barry looked dismayеd
Oh, for the local RUC were
All sitting drinking tеa
At the Ballymena Bible Belt Blockade
Now the farmers, to a man
Swore they'd all support the plan
Their tractors and their trailers
They displayed
Oh but they broke their solemn vows and
Went home to milk the cows
At the Ballymena Bible Belt Blockade
Now the gauntlet you must throw while
The bully boys look on
And I don't think they are
From the Boys' Brigade
With their cudgels and their match
Kind persuasion was their task
At the Ballymena Bible Belt Blockade
Well, when you burnt down Belfast town
Maggie closed the factories down
The heroes in the shipyard won't get paid
So when your cards come from the dole
You can ram them up your (Hoo)
At the Ballymena Bible Belt Blockade
At the Ballymena Bible Belt Blockade
"Maggie'll never have her way"
We close the North without one
Oh, but it's hard to have your say
When a tractor blocks your way
At the Ballymena Bible Belt Blockade
Oh, for Ulster has said no
The pact will have to go
We'll show her that us prods are not afraid
So we will close down every shop and
The work will have to stop
At the Ballymena Bible Belt Blockade
On that frosty Monday morn
They did not heed the factory horn
No wonder Peter Barry looked dismayеd
Oh, for the local RUC were
All sitting drinking tеa
At the Ballymena Bible Belt Blockade
Now the farmers, to a man
Swore they'd all support the plan
Their tractors and their trailers
They displayed
Oh but they broke their solemn vows and
Went home to milk the cows
At the Ballymena Bible Belt Blockade
Now the gauntlet you must throw while
The bully boys look on
And I don't think they are
From the Boys' Brigade
With their cudgels and their match
Kind persuasion was their task
At the Ballymena Bible Belt Blockade
Well, when you burnt down Belfast town
Maggie closed the factories down
The heroes in the shipyard won't get paid
So when your cards come from the dole
You can ram them up your (Hoo)
At the Ballymena Bible Belt Blockade
At the Ballymena Bible Belt Blockade