Young Ned Of The Hill-The Tossers

[ti:Young Ned Of The Hill] [ar:The Tossers] [al:Communication And Conviction] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Young Ned Of The Hill - The Tossers [00:32.03]Have you ever walked the lonesome hills [00:35.45]Or heard the curlews cry [00:37.64]Or seen the raven black as night [00:41.32]Upon a windswept sky [00:43.13] [00:44.25]To walk the purple heather [00:46.56] [00:47.38]And hear the west wind cry [00:49.68] [00:50.25]To know that's where the rapparee must die [00:54.42] [00:58.85]Since Cromwell pushed us westward [01:00.41]To live our lowly lives [01:01.84]There's some of us have deemed to fight [01:03.78]From Tipperary mountains high [01:05.53]Noble men with wills of iron [01:07.28]Who are not afraid to die [01:08.90]Who'll fight with gaelic honour held on high [01:11.32] [01:11.87]A curse upon you Oliver Cromwell [01:13.87]You who raped our Motherland [01:15.50]I hope you're rotting down in hell [01:17.36]For the horrors that you sent [01:18.80]To our misfortunate for fathers [01:20.42]Whom you robbed of their birthright [01:22.05]To hell or Connaught may you burn in hell tonight [01:24.43] [01:25.61]Of one such man I'd like to speak [01:27.23]A rapparee by name and deed [01:28.79]His family dispossessed and slaughtered [01:30.57]They put a price upon his head [01:32.19]His name is know in song and story [01:34.00]His deeds are legends still [01:35.50]And murdered for blood money [01:37.25]Was young Ned of the hill [01:38.50] [01:41.50]You have robbed our homes and fortunes [01:43.11]Even drove us from the land [01:44.62]You tried to break our spirit [01:46.30]But you'll never understand [01:47.67]The love of dear old Ireland [01:49.17]That will forge and iron will [01:51.42]As long as there are gallant men [01:53.04]Like young Ned of the hill [01:54.22] [01:57.09]A curse upon you Oliver Cromwell [01:58.65]You who raped our Motherland [02:00.26]I hope you're rotting down in hell [02:02.06]For the horrors that you sent [02:03.56]To our misfortunate for fathers [02:05.18]Whom you robbed of their birthright [02:06.80]To hell or Connaught may you burn in hell tonight