GsusBm
My name it is Sweeney, a father of two sons I am,
DGsus
A cottier tenant, like many a true mountain man,
GsusBm
My wife fell to famine and my heart will never repair,
DCadd9Gsus
But worse was to come in the form of a John George Adair.
[Verse 2]
GsusBm
The news in the valley, a stranger had bought up land,
DGsus
Soon twenty eight thousand aces he would command,
GsusBm
But we were to learn that the blood in his body ran cold,
DCadd9Gsus
For the suffering of the poor was John Adair's goal.
[Chorus]
EmCG
The hills and the mountains know your name,
EmCG
The deer even hang their heads in shame,
EmCG
And even the longest winter's rain,
EmCG
Can't wash away for the suffering and pain,
CDG
Of the Evictions at Derryveagh.
[Verse 3]
GsusBm
You swore on us lies, you had us arrested and jailed
DGsus
For the murder of Murray your agent, but justice prevailed
GsusBm
But vengeance was feasting inside of your cold Scottish heart
DCadd9Gsus
So, the notice was given, the people and land they must part
[Verse 4]
GsusBm
One morning in April, 1861
DGsus
Two hundred soldiers, their bayonets shone in the sun
GsusBm
Led by the sheriff they marched with the Crowbar brigade
DCadd9Gsus
And a widow, six daughters, a son, first homeless were made
Repeat Chorus
[Breakdown]
Em Asus2 Repeat
[Verse 5]
GsusBm
Two hundred and forty-four people made homeless that day
DGsus
While John Adair's castle was planned for the shores of Lough Veagh
GsusBm
Some to the poorhouse, some to Australia's shore
DCadd9Gsus
But all said goodbye to a homeland they'd see never more