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The Eviction
Celtic Connection
Mi Sol#m
My name it is Sweeney father of two sons I am
Si La Mi
a courier tenant like many a true mountain man
Mi Sol#m
my wife fell to famine my heart will never repair
Si La Mi
but worse was to come in the form of John George Adair
Mi Sol#m
the news in the valley a stranger had bought up the land
Si La Mi
soon twenty eight thousand acres he would command
Mi Sol#m
but we were to learn that the blood in his body ran cold
Si La Mi
for the suffering of the poor was John Adairs goal
(chorus)
Do#m La Mi
the hills and the mountains know your name
Do#m La Mi
the deer even hang their heads in shame
Do#m La Mi
and even the longest winters rain
Do#m La Mi
can't wash away all the suffering and pain
La Si Mi
of the evictions at Derryveagh
Mi Sol#m
he sworn us lies had us arrested and jailed
Si La Mi
for the murder of Murrog his agent but justice prevailed
Mi Sol#m
but vengeance was feasting inside of his cold Scottish heart
Si La Mi
so the notice was given the people and land they must part
Mi Sol#m
one cold april morning eighteen sixty one
Si La Mi
two hundred soldiers the bayonets John and his son
Mi Sol#m
led by the sheriff they marched to the grove by the bay
Si La Mi
a widow six daughters a son first homeless Lough Barra
(chorus)
Do#m La Mi
the hills and the mountains know your name
Do#m La Mi
the deer even hang their heads in shame
Do#m La Mi
and even the longest winters rain
Do#m La Mi
can't wash away all the suffering and pain
La Si Mi
of the evictions at Derryveagh
Mi Sol#m
two hundred forty four people left homeless that day
Si La Mi
while John Adairs castle was planned for the shores of Lough Veagh
Mi Sol#m
some to the poorhouse some to Australia's shores
Si La Mi
but all said goodbye to our homeland they'd see nevermore
(chorus)
Do#m La Mi
the hills and the mountains know your name
Do#m La Mi
the deer even hang their heads in shame
Do#m La Mi
and even the longest winters rain
Do#m La Mi
can't wash away all the suffering and pain
La Si Mi
of the evictions at Derryveagh
Worked the words out for this listening to it over and over not being Irish
I wasn't sure of some of the terms so I researched what I could but the term courier
tenant as it sounded to me I was unable to nail down. any corrections would be welcomed
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