Skibbereen-Donal Lunny

[ti:Skibbereen] [ar:Donal Lunny] [al:The Hungry Voice (The Song Legacy Of Ireland's Great Hunger] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Skibbereen - Donal Lunny [00:00.59]Oh father dear I oft-times hear you speak of Erin's isle [00:07.45] [00:09.54]Her lofty hills her valleys green [00:13.50] [00:14.05]Her mountains rude and wild [00:16.85] [00:19.04]They say it is a lovely land [00:22.72] [00:23.39]Wherein a saint might dwell [00:26.54] [00:28.29]So why did you abandon her [00:31.69] [00:32.84]The reason to me tell [00:34.83] [00:38.57]My son [00:39.56]I loved my native land with boat energy and pride [00:44.46] [00:46.70]Till a blight came over on my prats [00:50.85]My sheep my cattle died [00:53.73] [00:56.00]My rent and taxes went unpaid I could not them redeem [01:03.45] [01:05.83]And that's the cruel reason why I left old Skibbereen [01:12.35] [01:16.85]And well do I remember that bleak December day [01:22.11] [01:24.57]When the landlord and the sheriff came to drive us all away [01:30.89] [01:33.08]They set my roof on fire with their weaked English spleen [01:40.36] [01:42.76]And that's another reason why I left Old Skibbereen [01:49.42] [01:52.97]Your mother too [01:54.77]God rest her soul fell on the stony ground [01:58.92] [02:01.04]She fainted in her anguish seeing desolation 'round [02:06.90] [02:09.58]She never rose but passed away [02:13.11] [02:14.19]From life to immortal dream [02:16.65] [02:18.64]And we buried her in a quiet spot [02:23.38]Not far from Skibbereen [02:25.58] [02:29.89]And well do I remember the year of forty-eight [02:35.35] [02:37.70]When we arose with Erin's sons to fight against the sea [02:44.32] [02:46.93]I was hunted through the mountains [02:50.06] [02:51.02]As a traitor to the Queen [02:54.85] [02:57.12]And that's another reason why I left old Skibbereen [03:04.32] [03:07.28]And you were only two years old and feeble was your frame [03:14.06] [03:15.97]I could not leave you [03:18.64] [03:19.20]With my friends for you bore your father's name [03:23.72] [03:25.98]So I wrapped you in my cóta mór [03:30.08] [03:30.66]In the dead of night unseen [03:33.31] [03:36.00]I leaved a sigh and said goodbye to dear old Skibbereen [03:44.20] [03:48.25]Oh father dear [03:49.50] [03:50.34]The day will come when in answer to the call [03:54.42] [03:56.75]Each Irish men of freedom stern will rally one and all [04:03.67] [04:05.84]I'll be the man to lead the band [04:08.51] [04:09.71]Beneath the flag of green [04:12.13] [04:13.86]And loud and clear we'll raise the cry [04:19.01] [04:20.33]Revenge for Skibbereen