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The Eviction Celtic Connection [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/c/celtic-conection/318179.html ] C Em My name it is Sweeney father of two sons I am G F C a courier tenant like many a true mountain man C Em my wife fell to famine my heart will never repair G F C but worse was to come in the form of John George Adair C Em the news in the valley a stranger had bought up the land G F C soon twenty eight thousand acres he would command C Em but we were to learn that the blood in his body ran cold G F C for the suffering of the poor was John Adairs goal (chorus) Am F C the hills and the mountains know your name Am F C the deer even hang their heads in shame Am F C and even the longest winters rain Am F C can't wash away all the suffering and pain F G C of the evictions at Derryveagh C Em he sworn us lies had us arrested and jailed G F C for the murder of Murrog his agent but justice prevailed C Em but vengeance was feasting inside of his cold Scottish heart G F C so the notice was given the people and land they must part C Em one cold april morning eighteen sixty one G F C two hundred soldiers the bayonets John and his son C Em led by the sheriff they marched to the grove by the bay G F C a widow six daughters a son first homeless Lough Barra (chorus) Am F C the hills and the mountains know your name Am F C the deer even hang their heads in shame Am F C and even the longest winters rain Am F C can't wash away all the suffering and pain F G C of the evictions at Derryveagh C Em two hundred forty four people left homeless that day G F C while John Adairs castle was planned for the shores of Lough Veagh C Em some to the poorhouse some to Australia's shores G F C but all said goodbye to our homeland they'd see nevermore (chorus) Am F C the hills and the mountains know your name Am F C the deer even hang their heads in shame Am F C and even the longest winters rain Am F C can't wash away all the suffering and pain F G C of the evictions at Derryveagh Worked the words out for this listening to it over and over not being Irish I wasn't sure of some of the terms so I researched what I could but the term courier tenant as it sounded to me I was unable to nail down. any corrections would be welcomed |