Brothers From Across The Water

Ancient Britain was Pretani lands
Before the Keltic or Gaelic clans
The Picts in Scotland and Cruthin in Ulster
Always been brothers from across the water
Before the crucifixion came Celtic clans
From Central Europe they spread to British lands
But Ulster and Scotland remained Pretani stock
These ancient people neither Catholic or Prod
Red Branch Knights served Ulster's Kings
Cu Chulainn was the greatest there ever been
He was an ancient Pretani warrior man
Defending Ulster from invading southern clans
After the resurrection came the Roman empire
To our sister island but the Picts defied 'er
Hadrian's wall built as the northern frontier
To protect oul' Rome from barbarian fear
The most iconic figure in Irish mythology
Was of our ancient Ulster British biology
Ancient Ulster was a British land
Before invading Gaelic clans
Ulster-Scots were a common man
Before invaders took their native lands
Always been brothers from across the water
Always been brothers from across the water
From Roman Britannia came Belgic tribes
Forming a confederacy on native Ulster's side
This Ulaid Kingdom stretched to the Boyne
Through this line descends the British Royals
The Gaels arrived in the second century
Led by a foreign man with a foreign army
Marched on the ancient Pretani Hill of Tara
Forming Meath, the first Gaelic colony
Continually under attack from the Gaelic O'Neill's
Ancient Ulster lands those invaders did steal
The remnants of Ulster protected by Dane's Cast
The defensive earthen wall a glimpse to the past
Around this time Saint Patrick was in Ulster
A slave and missionary with our native forefathers
Ancient Ulster was a British land
Before invading Gaelic clans
Ulster-Scots were a common man
Before invaders took their native lands
Always been brothers from across the water
Always been brothers from across the water
Ulster confronted the O'Neill's in the sixth century
But seven Kings were slain in the battle to be free
So many natives set sail for Dalriada
The Ulster-Scots kingdom safe from O'Neill expanders
The last Cruthinic King to oppose Gaels in Ulster
Was Congal Claen who fought them at Moira
The largest battle fought ever on the island
But death in defeat ensured O'Neill survival
The Earldom of Ulster formed in the twelfth century
After Normans invaded the reduced territory
The Gaelic conquest was never complete
Until the Earldoms collapse in thirteen thirty-three
The next three hundred years saw Gaelic plantation
The Battle of the Boyne re-claimed our nation
Ancient Ulster was a British land
Before invading Gaelic clans
Ulster-Scots were a common man
Before invaders took their native lands
Always been brothers from across the water
Always been brothers from across the water
The Gaels claim to Ireland was done by the sword
Ulster British planters they'll call me no more
Just Ulster-Scots returned to native lands
Hands across the water, so long we've spanned
Ancient Ulster was a British land
Before invading Gaelic clans
Ulster-Scots were a common man
Before invaders took their native lands
Always been brothers from across the water
Always been brothers from across the water