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| - "The Boyne Water" is an Ulster Protestant folksong by an anonymous lyricist. The lyrics of the song commemorate King William III of Orange's victory over James II at the Battle of the Boyne. Unionists point to this battle as decisive in achieving a constitutional monarchy in the United Kingdom.Modern historians also agree that this conflict, otherwise known as "The Glorious Revolution" and played out in Scotland as well, was the conclusion of the English or British Civil War of 1642 - 1651 (Trevor Royle The British Civil War, 2004). Indeed, King James II as a very young Duke of York was present with his father Charles at the Battle of Edge Hill in 1642. The song is famous, or notorious, for being played by Orange marching bands of the Orange Order in their parades, which have been made inc
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| - "The Boyne Water" is an Ulster Protestant folksong by an anonymous lyricist. The lyrics of the song commemorate King William III of Orange's victory over James II at the Battle of the Boyne. Unionists point to this battle as decisive in achieving a constitutional monarchy in the United Kingdom.Modern historians also agree that this conflict, otherwise known as "The Glorious Revolution" and played out in Scotland as well, was the conclusion of the English or British Civil War of 1642 - 1651 (Trevor Royle The British Civil War, 2004). Indeed, King James II as a very young Duke of York was present with his father Charles at the Battle of Edge Hill in 1642. The song is famous, or notorious, for being played by Orange marching bands of the Orange Order in their parades, which have been made increasingly controversial since the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The lyrics of the song narrate the course of the Battle of the Boyne. It mentions real events such as the death of the Duke of Schomberg, William of Orange's leading the Eniskillen cavalry (Ulster Protestant settlers) across the river Boyne, and the Williamite infantry's repulse of the Jacobite cavalry's counter-attacks. the song also expresses the view that victory in the battle saved the Ulster Protestant community from massacre by the Irish Catholics - "So praise God, all true Protestants, and I will say no further, But had the Papists gained that day, there would have been open murder". Folk memories in the 17th century when the song was most probably written,were no doubt still very fresh concerning the huge slaughter of protestant settlers in Ireland in 1641. The Jacobite song "Lady Keith's Lament" is sung to the same tune. See also: Croppies Lie Down; Lillibullero
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