{"id":1448,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/the-exile"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"the-exile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/the-exile\/","title":{"rendered":"THE EXILE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

He came in the mist of a cold winter’s morning
\nDown from his horse and he knocked on the door
\nThe eyes that looked out they were darkened by terror
\nHe could see on his face the ill tidings he bore<\/p>\n

It is not my will but the will of the master
\nYour thatch will be burned if you be not away
\nBy sundown this evening with all your possessions
\nTo find a new home ere the breaking of day<\/p>\n

For these are my orders, the stones must be scattered
\nThe white coated sheep now must rule in the Glen
\nNo room now for pity for mothers or children
\nThe lusting of gold is the target of men<\/p>\n

But where can we go, those who’ve never known other
\nThan the Glens of our birth neath the high mountain snow
\nTo cross the wild ocean would tear at our half boots
\nBut fate has decreed it, it must be so<\/p>\n

Across the wild sea we must go for our lives now
\nTo build a new home on the far distant shore
\nBut ever and ever the heartbeats are Highland
\nAnd to sigh for the Glens that will see us no more<\/p>\n

But fate is not heartless and new hearts are kindly
\nA fragment of Scotland will ever remain
\nThough oceans divide us our children will span them
\nAnd stand in the thyme and the heather again<\/p>\n

But fate is not heartless and new hearts are kindly
\nA fragment of Scotland will ever remain
\nThough oceans divide us our children will span them
\nAnd stand in the thyme and the heather again<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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