Story Behind The Song

Love will out and difficulties of marriage and mixed religion in Ireland

Song Description

Folk ballad with bouzouki, accordian and whistles

Lyrics

On the streets the news will soon be breaking
Darling girl and the trouble that she's bringing on us all
Is it love, is it just infatuation
All the hate and broken hearts across an age of nations
When the troubles came love never read the rules
Try to tell her who to love you'll be the fools forever.

This was no ordinary day, this was no ordinary day

So it's love and time for us to face it
There are those who preach of the disgrace before us all
Darling girl and how can we deny her
She needs our love she needs our strength
She needs us standing with her
So we gather here before a common god
To give our daughter to her love
So they can make their own way.

This was no ordinary day, this was no ordinary day
And the bells are ringing, on the streets they're singing
There are people bringing gifts from nearly half a world away
This was no ordinary day.

So my love the bigots push their poison
There are those who curse the very ground we walk upon
Talk of peace and neighbours will deny you
Talk of love could see them try to burn you from your homes
But the trouble is love never read the rules
So try to tell us who to love
You'll be the fools forever.

This was no ordinary day, this was no ordinary day
And the bells are ringing on the streets they're singing
There are people bringing gifts from nearly half a world away
This was no ordinary
This was no ordinary day