On A Hilltop

By mcscraic

Wed, 16 Dec 2020
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On A Hilltop

By Paul McCann
 

On the top of a hill lived the owner of a mill,
they say Andrews was his name and from Comber he came .
Edenderry village was built from limestone and silt .
Mill workers arrived and they worked like slaves to survive .
The war wounded were in need of bandages and feed
So all around a hilltop Andrews set up his shop .
Spinning like a top,
Irish linen was running hot,
Until the war came to a stop then linen went flop.
People in poverty kept the linen industry,
smoking away until Andrews had called it a day .
One by one linen mills shut down around Belfast town,
but on a hilltop was a place that just couldn’t stop .
On a hilltop it came true .
Holy Cross parish grew.
With the spirit and will to build lives around the mill .
Take a coin from Edenderry change it to Ardoyne .
That’s how it was arranged
in the bank times always change .
As one people they’ve joined in the village of Ardoyne .
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