Young Ned Of The Hill-An Cat Dubh

[ti:Young Ned Of The Hill] [ar:An Cat Dubh] [al:15] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Young Ned Of The Hill - An Cat Dubh [00:12.04]Written by：The Pogues [00:24.08]Have you ever walked the lonesome hills [00:27.80]And heard the curlews cry [00:29.81] [00:30.35]Seen the raven black as sight [00:33.21]Upon a windswept sky [00:35.28] [00:35.95]To walk the purple heather [00:38.33] [00:38.83]And hear the westwind cry [00:41.73]To know that's where the rapparee must die [00:45.40] [00:52.93]Since cromwell pushed us westward [00:55.00]To live our lowly lives [00:56.31]There's some of us have deemed to fight [00:58.07]From tipperary mountains sight [00:59.76]Noble men with wills of iron [01:01.74]Who are not afraid to die [01:03.59]Who'll fight with gaelic honour held on high [01:06.53]A curse upon you oliver cromwell [01:08.81]You who raped our motherland [01:10.34]I hope you're rotting down in hell [01:11.98]For the horrors that you sent [01:13.58]To our misfortunate forefathers [01:15.65]Whom you robbed of their birthright [01:16.65]To hell or connaught may you burn in hell tonight [01:20.62] [01:23.13]Of one such man I'd like to speak [01:24.93]A rapparee by name and deed [01:26.47]His family dispossessed and slaughtered [01:28.34]They put a price upon his head [01:30.15]His name is known in song and story [01:31.88]His deeds are legends still [01:33.57]And murdered for blood money [01:35.04]Was young ned of the hill [01:36.91]You have robbed our homes and fortunes [01:38.78]Even drove us from our land [01:40.42]You tried to break our spirit [01:42.01]But you'll never understand [01:44.12]The love of dear old ireland [01:45.75]That will forge an iron will [01:47.46]As long as there are gallant men [01:49.23]Like young ned of the hill [01:50.80] [01:53.23]A curse upon you oliver cromwell [01:55.19]You who raped our motherland [01:56.77]I hope you're rotting down in hell [01:58.32]For the horrors that you sent [02:00.15]To our misfortunate forefathers [02:01.94]Whom you robbed of their birthright [02:03.25]To hell or connaught may you burn in hell tonight