The Old Man - John McDemott

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John McDermott singing The Old Man written by Phil Coulter.

The Great Hunger - Wolfe Tones

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Wolfe Tones singing The Great Hunger. About the Irish famine, from their album, Across The Broad Atlantic,{1976}.It was in the year 1845 a great hunger came o'er the land,And it was the neglect of the rulers to be that no crops could the soil command,Yet the farmer he tilt he toiled and he sewed, and he blame't it with his strong hands a great hunger came o'er the land.The moon it shone bright, o'er the lateAutumn skies, was the finest the harvest moonyet it was not the sight of joy to be seenFor then again too soon, crop failure Had turned the sweetness all sore,In the hearts of all Irelanda great hunger came o'er the land.Now the men they grow weakAnd the women or paleAnd the children or dying now,the cold winter months will soon pass us by, without hope in the early spring, and the people will crywith a hungry plea, without hope of a helping hand, a great hunger came o'er the land.The birds they or singing way out of tuneAs the cart pulls the donkey along,The crops they have failed us again in this yearOh then tell me what caused this wrong,Was it the curse of a which that caused this?Bad deed or the work the devils hand,a great hunger came o'er the land.Not a devil or which had a hand in this deedOf this I a sure you now,but the cuckoo of men, this crippling foe, though it's little that you might havehe has exploited the work of the labouring manand while his belly expands,a great hunger came o'er the land.

Bold O'Donoghue The Ramblers Two -Johnny McEvoy -Mick Crotty

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Johnny McEvoy {verse} and Mick Crotty who were called "The Ramblers Two" singing Bold O'Donoghue, from a programme called Ballad Sheet. 1963.Well here I am from Paddy's land, a land of high renownI've broke the hearts of all the girls from miles 'round Keady townAnd when they hear that I'm awa', they'll raise a hullabalooWhen they hear about that handsome lad that they call O'DonoghueChorus:For I'm the boy to please her and I'm the boy to tease herI'm the boy can squeeze her ach', and I'll tell you what I'll doI'll court her like an Irishman and the brogue and blarney too is my planWith my rolligan, swalligan, holligan, wolligan ,bold O'DonoghueI wish my love was a red, red rose, growing on yon garden wallAnd me to be the dew drop and upon her brow I'd fallPerhaps now she might think on me as a rather heavy dewAnd no more she'd love that handsome lad that they call O'DonoggueChorus I hear that Queen Eliazeth has a daughter fine and grandPerhaps she'd take it into her head for to marry an IrishmanAnd if I could only get the chance to have a word or twoI'm sure she'd take a notion in the bold O'DonoghueChorus

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