Cromwell, Protector of the Realm - Irish Cromwellian & Protestant song
The Portadown massacre took place in November 1641 at Portadown, County Armagh, during the Irish Rebellion of 1641. Irish Catholic rebels, likely under the command of Toole McCann, killed about 100 Ulster Protestants by forcing them off the bridge into the River Bann, and shooting those who tried to swim to safety. The Protestant settlers were being marched east from a prison camp at Loughgall. This was the biggest massacre of Protestants during the rebellion, and one of the bloodiest during the Irish Confederate Wars. The Portadown massacre, and others like it, terrified Protestants in Ireland and Great Britain.
The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland or Cromwellian war in Ireland (1649-1653) was the re-conquest of Ireland by the forces of the English Parliament, led by Oliver Cromwell, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Cromwell invaded Ireland with the New Model Army on behalf of England's Rump Parliament in August 1649.
Following the Irish Rebellion of 1641, most of Ireland came under the control of the Irish Catholic Confederation. In early 1649, the Confederates allied with the English Royalists, who had been defeated by the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War. By May 1652, Cromwell's Parliamentarian army had defeated the Confederate and Royalist coalition in Ireland and occupied the country, ending the Irish Confederate Wars (or Eleven Years' War). However, guerrilla warfare continued for a further year.
Lyrics
A cold winter's morn in 1641,
My lovely Anne was taken by O'Cane,
Taken and defiled at the point of rebel gun,
And drownèd in the murky River Bann.
Hundreds more were taken at this date,
Butchered and drowned, or buried in the sand,
O'Neill's false promises ensured the same fate,
I cursed his papist army to a man.
Then one day (on th') horizon I did see,
A hundred of our ships all coming to my land,
And off he stepped, Protector of the Realm,
And he smiled and placed a sword into my hand.
Off we marched to Drogheda, to Aston's guarded town,
Together we stormed it, with Cromwell at the helm,
He screamed, "You butchers! Remember Portadown,
And Cromwell, Protector of the Realm!"
And now I go with flowers to see my lovely Anne,
I go and tell her that her death was not in vain,
I tell my children about the Lord Protector,
And how he saved our people from the same.
Britain has had some brilliant/pretty good Kings and Queens,
Elizabeth I and Alfred come(s) to mind,
But the Lord Protector emulates them all
Oliver ??--['the top one you will find']--??
Cromwell, Cromwell the greatest British king,
Strong in his beliefs, he never let us down,
He fought for his people and he rid us of O'Neill,
As we took our due revenge for Portadown.
Cromwell, Cromwell the greatest British king,
Strong in his beliefs, he never let us down,
He fought for his people and he rid us of O'Neill,
As we took our due revenge for Portadown.
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Hi from a New York Protestant. I'm on your side all the way 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@geordiewishart1683
10 ай бұрын
No surrender! No pope here! 🇬🇧
@Beorthere
3 ай бұрын
Cascadian Protestant here!
@Cicero1690
Ай бұрын
Aren't you italian..
@KMartin-jf5kw
5 күн бұрын
God bless you ✝️
"You butchers! Remember Portadown! And Cromwell, Protector of the Realm!" - the Lord Protector
For god and ulster, no surrender!
@BelfastIsRed
Жыл бұрын
More tiags then Huns in Northern Ireland😉
@Chineseconcrete
Жыл бұрын
@@BelfastIsRed that can always change 😉 nice copy and paste btw, really shows how much you are coping
@GAMER123GAMING
Жыл бұрын
@@Chineseconcrete It is indeed changing. Soon there will be more muhammedians then both. Those are the consequences...
@thehighlander6770
6 ай бұрын
Ulster belongs to Ireland, laddie. God bless Gaeldom!
@olekcholewa8171
6 ай бұрын
For heresy and treachery you mean
So epic!
I can't stop listening to this awesome song 😍
Elizabeth the first is my favorite queen
“The greatest British King”
Epic
@BelfastIsRed
Жыл бұрын
More tiags then Huns in Northern Ireland😉
@presbyteriangirl9739
11 ай бұрын
Excellent song ❤
@JW-zx5dr
4 ай бұрын
@@BelfastIsRed Well, even as an Englishman I support the Irish Republican cause myself but I just think this song is a banger. So we might be on the same side, not sure tho lol.
@BelfastIsRed
4 ай бұрын
@@JW-zx5dr it does slap. Just the lyrics are a wee bit fucked… But yeah.
@JW-zx5dr
4 ай бұрын
@@BelfastIsRed I also quite like “Bring back the black and tans”. Nasty bunch of lads, but once again, catchy song.
🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
God bless Ulster 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️❤️❤️💙💙💙
Great song
Christ, not man is King.
@temporalcrusader
Жыл бұрын
Amen Sir Errathen.
@thelastoferrathen613
Жыл бұрын
@@temporalcrusader Thought I'd see you here.
@JW-zx5dr
Жыл бұрын
Facts
@GAMER123GAMING
Жыл бұрын
“Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and to God the things that are God's” Really?
Portadown was a disgrace and a travesty, doesn't justify what Cromwell did, even though it's believed he didn't kill as much as commonly portrayed he almost cettainly killed innocents. Both were terrible and should be remembered as such
@debhin
2 ай бұрын
Portadown, 1641...
@FionanOMurchadha
2 ай бұрын
@debhin Look all these events in relation to us and the protestant folk need to be learned about to get over it. The need to admit that their people came here on a subjugation quest and kicked the natives of their land and established and unfair regime. And we need to admit that travesties such as Scullabogue and Portadown happened. Our two groups are not completely innocent
@Stueber84
Ай бұрын
Protector of the realm!
@FionanOMurchadha
Ай бұрын
@@Stueber84 Murderer of the realm just like the Catholics at Portadown
@danielmaher964
23 күн бұрын
Was what Cromwell did worse than the other English? Sincere question
Erin go bragh
@thelastoferrathen613
Жыл бұрын
Ironsides go *THELORDOFHOOOSTS*
@zulthyr1852
Жыл бұрын
Tiocfaidh ar la
@ismashedyourmumallnight
Жыл бұрын
@@BelfastIsRed don't worry, old iron sides knew how to fix that problem
@BelfastIsRed
Жыл бұрын
@@ismashedyourmumallnight well that “problem” wasn’t really “fixed” was it😂
@ismashedyourmumallnight
Жыл бұрын
@@BelfastIsRed that's just because he died before the job was finished, but if he'd had another ten or fifteen years of life he probably could have wiped out Catholic Ireland for good
Ireland belongs to Britain
@mds6179
8 ай бұрын
No it doesn't
@FionanOMurchadha
7 ай бұрын
Explain how I belong to Great Britain when I don't live in Great Britain?
@thehighlander6770
6 ай бұрын
Ulster belongs to Ireland, laddie. Gaeldom is free! God Bless Ireland!
@Oran_Fitz
3 ай бұрын
YES
@jerrymyphone5849
2 ай бұрын
Cromwell the protector of the realm? He cut his king's head off and turned the place into a republic 🤣
Based solidsteel Post israeli songs please
😂 yous were the rebels