UP! UP!  NEWMARKET  

Music notes

Click on the links below to listen to John Ryan (6th class) singing Newmarket's Song   

We’re  assembled  in  New  York  exiles  all  from  Rebel  Cork,
And  we’re  proud  of  the  flag  that o’er us waves.  
But  to-night  our  mem’ries  turn  to  the  spot  where  we  were  born,  
To  the  dear  old  town  that  never  nursed  a  slave

Chorus:
UP! UP!  Newmarket  say  the  exiles, 
UP! UP!  Newmarket  say  they  all.  
Whether  we  shall  here  remain  or return  home  again, 
May  Newmarket  always  rise  but  never  fall.  

 

  

 

speaker    Verse 1 & Chorus 
(.swf file)

 

 

 

 

 

In  the  lovely  Island  Wood  where  with  pride  we  often  stood,
Gazing  on  the  scenic  beauty  all  around.  
And  its  rambling  up  Scarteen,  Barleyhill  and  Meens  between,  
Oh! What pleasure and contentment there we found.  

(Repeat Chorus after each verse)

 

 speaker    Verse 2 & Chorus
 (.mp3 file)

 

 

 
Boston  boasts  of  Bunker  Hill; brave  men  fought  at  Gettysville.  
Newmarket too, has  honours  like  the  rest.  
Here ‘t was  Curran  first  drew  breath; after  Emmet’s  tragic  death  
They laid his sweetheart Sarah here to rest.  

 

 speaker    Verse 3 & Chorus
(.mp3 file)
When the beagles’ bugle horn woke the hills on Sunday Morn  
Brennan and Pat Williams made the pace.  
How the hounds would yelp and howl, run their chase into the ground!  
And we followed in the rapture of the chase.

 

 speaker    Verse 4 & Chorus
(.mp3 file)
And when after ’98 the Croppies were all bate,  
The Whiteboys held their ground on Scarteen Hill.  
Three brave priests were martyred there and and their last words were a prayer 
For the land they fondly loved and we love still.   

 

 speaker    Verse 5 & Chorus
(.mp3 file)
By John Scanlon and Billy Hourigan

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