Mo Ghile Mear "Our Hero" is a song written in honour of Prince Charles Stewart, or Bonnie Prince Charlie, as he is also known by. It can be found on the Chieftains' album "The Long Black Veil". There it is sung (not very well, I'm afraid, but...) by Sting. It is in gaelic, and I don't have the words, nor do I know of any translation, but it is a very nice song.

Another hero song is "Joe McDonnell", about seven prisoners who died for Ireland in a hunger strike. You'll find it on The Wolfe Tones' album "A sense of freedom".

Well, that's two.

Magpie

HEROES by Brenda Orrell Tune Rock of Ages by Ira Sankey Above the salty ocean's roar Far away along the shore Came a shout from those at hand "We'll have to pull her overland We've had a message from the Bay; They'll dig to meet us and clear the way" Chorus Heave me ho boys take up the slack there's an angel on your back To pull this boat on glory's ride across the cruel countryside We'll launch this lifeboat and her crew if it's the last thing we ever do The word was out the task begun for men and horses everyone Two hundred diggers hands now bled for eighteen horses to be led To pull the boat with tugs and lifts through six long miles of snowy drifts Brave Whitby men and Hawsker too all did their best to pull them through And all the time the folk at Bay were busy digging out the way To save the brig that had gone ashore they said was named The Visitor And after six long hours were o'er they launched the lifeboat from the shore And Cox'n Freeman and his crew all bravely did what they could do And rescued sailors from that gale. They all lived on to tell the tale So if you're riding along that way from Whitby town down into Bay Imagine Winter storms that rage and heroes of a bygone age Who gave their all and helped to save a shipwrecked crew from a watery grave Brenda Orrell has donated this song to the Lifeboat Association which runs on charity donations and has asked that if you sing it please put a donation into your nearest lifeboat collection box to help them to carry on saving lives at sea. Cheers Bill

Stewie.