The Evictions

Gsus                              
My name it is Sweeney, a father of
           Bm
 two sons I am,
D                                 
A cottier tenant, like many a true
          Gsus
 mountain man,
Gsus                              
My wife fell to famine and my 
               Bm
heart will never repair,
    D                         
But worse was to come in the 
Cadd9                Gsus
form of a John George Adair.

[Verse 2]
Gsus                              
The news in the valley, a stranger
               Bm
 had bought up land,
     D                             
Soon twenty eight thousand aces he 
         Gsus
would command,
Gsus                              
But we were to learn that the 
                  Bm
blood in his body ran cold,
        D                    Cadd9
For the suffering of the poor was 
             Gsus
John Adair's goal.

[Chorus]
     Em             C          
The hills and the mountains know 
         G
your name,
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      Em        C                 
The deer even hang their heads in 
    G
shame,
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And even the longest winter's rain,
           Em               C     
Can't wash away for the suffering 
     G
and pain,
           C        D       G
Of the Evictions at Derryveagh.

[Verse 3]
    Gsus                        
You swore on us lies, you had us 
              Bm
arrested and jailed
        D                          
For the murder of Murray your 
                  Gsus
agent, but justice prevailed
Gsus                              
But vengeance was feasting inside 
                      Bm
of your cold Scottish heart
        D                     
So, the notice was given, the 
Cadd9                     Gsus
people and land they must part

[Verse 4]
    Gsus                  Bm
One morning in April, 1861
D                                 
Two hundred soldiers, their 
                Gsus
bayonets shone in the sun
Gsus                              
Led by the sheriff they marched 
              Bm
with the Crowbar brigade
      D                       
And a widow, six daughters, a 
Cadd9                    Gsus
son, first homeless were made

Repeat Chorus

[Breakdown]
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[Verse 5]
    Gsus                         
Two hundred and forty-four people 
                   Bm
made homeless that day
      D                      
While John Adair's castle was 
planned for the shores of Lough 
Gsus
Veagh
Gsus                         
Some to the poorhouse, some to 
              Bm
Australia's shore
    D                     Cadd9   
But all said goodbye to a homeland
                  Gsus
 they'd see never more