True North lyrics

A song for you this evening, and it`s not to make you sad,
Or for adding to the sorrow of a troubled Northern land.
But lately I`ve been thinking, and it just won`t leave my mind.
I`ll tell you now of two good friends. They were both good friends of
mine.
Isaac Scott from Derry, he lived just across the fields.
A great man for the music and the dancing and the reels.
MacDonald came from South Armagh to court young Agnes fair.
It was then we`d meet on Ryan Road, and laughter filled the air.
Now, Isaac, he was Protestant and Sean was Catholic born.
But it never made a difference, for their friendship it was strong.
And sometimes in the evening when we heard the sound of drums,
We said