Tom: G
Gsus Bm
My name it is Sweeney, a father of two sons I am,
D Gsus
A cottier tenant, like many a true mountain man,
Gsus Bm
My wife fell to famine and my heart will never repair,
D Cadd9 Gsus
But worse was to come in the form of a John George Adair.
[Verse 2]
Gsus Bm
The news in the valley, a stranger had bought up land,
D Gsus
Soon twenty eight thousand aces he would command,
Gsus Bm
But we were to learn that the blood in his body ran cold,
D Cadd9 Gsus
For the suffering of the poor was John Adair's goal.
[Chorus]
Em C G
The hills and the mountains know your name,
Em C G
The deer even hang their heads in shame,
Em C G
And even the longest winter's rain,
Em C G
Can't wash away for the suffering and pain,
C D G
Of the Evictions at Derryveagh.
[Verse 3]
Gsus Bm
You swore on us lies, you had us arrested and jailed
D Gsus
For the murder of Murray your agent, but justice prevailed
Gsus Bm
But vengeance was feasting inside of your cold Scottish heart
D Cadd9 Gsus
So, the notice was given, the people and land they must part
[Verse 4]
Gsus Bm
One morning in April, 1861
D Gsus
Two hundred soldiers, their bayonets shone in the sun
Gsus Bm
Led by the sheriff they marched with the Crowbar brigade
D Cadd9 Gsus
And a widow, six daughters, a son, first homeless were made
Repeat Chorus
[Breakdown]
Em Asus2 Repeat
[Verse 5]
Gsus Bm
Two hundred and forty-four people made homeless that day
D Gsus
While John Adair's castle was planned for the shores of Lough Veagh
Gsus Bm
Some to the poorhouse, some to Australia's shore
D Cadd9 Gsus
But all said goodbye to a homeland they'd see never more
