Lough Sheelin Eviction-Tara Folk

[ti:Lough Sheelin Eviction] [ar:Tara] [al:Folk Ballads & Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Lough Sheelin Eviction - Tara Folk [00:07.97]Farewell my country [00:12.41]A long farewell [00:16.05]My tale of anguish [00:20.29]No tongue can tell [00:23.31] [00:23.82]For I'm forced to fly [00:27.48]O'er the ocean wide [00:31.76]From the home [00:33.95]I love by laugh [00:36.51]Sheelin side [00:39.71] [00:40.99]How proud was I [00:44.37]Of my girl so fair [00:48.86]I was envied most [00:52.26]By the young men there [00:56.13] [00:56.74]When I brought her back [01:00.08]A bashful bride [01:04.49]To my cottage home [01:08.08]By lough sheelin side [01:12.67] [01:13.46]Farewell my love [01:17.98]A fond adieu [01:22.44]Farewell my comrades and [01:25.75]My country too [01:29.78] [01:30.50]For I'm forced to fly [01:34.24]O'er the ocean wide [01:38.58]From the home I love [01:42.01]By lough sheelin side [01:46.25] [01:47.79]But all our joys [01:51.03]Were too good to last [01:55.46]For the landlord came [01:58.96]Our young hopes to blast [02:02.45] [02:03.40]In vain we pleaded [02:07.53]For mercy no [02:11.31]He hurled us out [02:14.76]In the blinding snow [02:19.19] [02:20.16]The no one opened [02:24.31] [02:24.82]For us their door [02:28.16]For ill felt vengeance [02:31.27] [02:32.29]Would reach them sure [02:35.14] [02:36.04]My eileen fainted in [02:40.59]My arms and died [02:44.11]On that snowy night [02:47.51]By lough sheelin side [02:51.92] [02:52.95]Farewell my love [02:57.40]A fond adieu [03:01.88]Farewell my comrades and [03:05.32]My country too [03:08.74] [03:10.35]For I'm forced to fly [03:13.55]O'er the ocean wide [03:18.02]From the home I love [03:21.53]By lough sheelin side [03:25.30] [03:26.94]I buried her down [03:30.53]In the churchyard low [03:34.89]Where in the springtime [03:38.82] [03:39.37]The wild flowers grow [03:42.08] [03:42.83]I shed no tears [03:46.41]For my tongue felt dry [03:50.83]On that fearful night [03:54.14]By lough sheelin side [03:58.25] [03:59.91]Farewell my country [04:04.30]Farewell all day [04:07.80]The ship will soon [04:11.22]Take me far away [04:15.65]But oh my fond heart [04:20.06]Would sooner bide [04:23.45]Near my eileen's grave [04:27.21]By lough sheelin side [04:31.67] [04:32.48]Farewell my love [04:36.12] [04:36.97]A fond adieu [04:41.42]Farewell my comrades and [04:44.95]My country too [04:48.59] [04:49.55]For I'm forced to fly [04:53.31]O'er the ocean wide [04:57.62]From the home I love [05:01.09]By lough sheelin side