An Ulsterman I am proud to be From Antrim's glens I come Although, I labour on the sea I have followed flag and drum I have heard the martial tramp of men I've watched them fight and die And it's well I do remember that I followed Henry Joy I pulled my boat in from the sea I hid my sails away I hung my net on a greenwood tree And I scanned the moonlit bay The boys went out, the redcoats too I kissed my wife goodbye And beneath the shade of the greenwood glade I followed Henry Joy In Antrim town the tyrant stood He tore our ranks with ball But with a cheer and a pike to clear We swept them o'er the wall Our pikes and sabers flashed that day We won but lost, ah why? No matter lads, I fought beside And I shielded Henry Joy Alas, for Ireland's cause we fought For home and sire we bled Though pikes were few and our hearts beat true And five to one lay dead Ah, but many a lassie mourned her lad And mother mourned her boy For youth was strong in that gallant throng That followed Henry Joy In Belfast town they built a tree And the redcoats mustered there I watched him come as the beat of the drum Rolled out on the barrack square He kissed his sister, went aloft And bade his last goodbye My soul! He died, I turned and cried They have murdered Henry Joy