[00:00.000] 作曲 : Traditional arranged by David Kincaid [00:14.360] You feeling Christians both one and all [00:19.871] Come pay attention unto my call [00:26.054] Until you hear my doleful tragedy [00:31.973] Of these two brothers all in Americay [00:39.071] James and Patrick Masterson as you may see [00:45.472] In Ballymena were reared most tenderly [00:51.020] They left their loving parents on a woeful day [00:57.195] To seek their fortune all in Americay [01:04.832] In '58 they sailed away [01:10.622] Bound for New Orleans in Americay [01:16.459] But mark what followed without delay [01:22.489] For the war broke out on a woeful day [01:29.959] To take up arms they were forced to fight [01:35.593] Through fatigue and hardships both day and night [01:41.738] With savage blocks they could not agree [01:47.799] Where in the regiment, proved their destiny [01:55.174] They were punished severely in that savage corps [02:00.777] And often flogged till left in their gore [02:06.897] They often thought of their friends so dear [02:12.867] They left lamenting and to shed a tear [02:20.414] To desert this regiment they were inclined [02:26.101] For to reach the north they made up their minds [02:32.250] By nighted travel for to make their way [02:38.174] And in the woods they lay, concealed by day [02:45.961] For three long days they could not be found [02:51.436] At length the picket did them would surround [02:57.032] They were taken prisoners with handcuffs bound [03:03.464] And by a court martial they were guilty found [03:10.967] By a court martial as you soon shall hear [03:16.662] Their sentence was to be flogged severe [03:22.500] When Patrick Masterson got loose that day [03:28.320] He shot the colonel without delay [03:36.016] The guards immediately did him surround [03:41.841] Been tried and sentenced and guilty found [03:47.119] A scaffold now erected in the square [03:53.515] And his brother pitched upon, to hang him there [04:01.204] James Masterson was called immediately [04:06.795] To hang his brother he would not agree [04:13.000] "Before I'd yield to such cruelty [04:18.698] I will die beside him on a gallows tree" [04:26.401] A wild black sergeant proposed to do the deed [04:32.189] To hang the brothers he went up with speed [04:38.128] Now all being ready he stood on the fall [04:44.011] And James he shot him with a pistol ball [04:51.839] They both were sentenced and condemned to die [04:57.392] And hanged that day on a gallows high [05:03.281] Farewell Ould Ireland, our native home [05:09.302] We here must die in our youth and bloom [05:16.768] Those two brothers met their sad downfall [05:22.545] They were lamented by their comrades all [05:28.425] From friends and parents far far away [05:34.366] They have suffered death and curse in South Americay