{"id":1484,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/the-fair-at-turloughmore"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"the-fair-at-turloughmore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/the-fair-at-turloughmore\/","title":{"rendered":"THE FAIR AT TURLOUGHMORE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Come tell me, dearest mother, what makes my father stay
\nOr what can be the reason that he’s been so long away?
\nOh hold your tongue, my darling son, your tears do grieve me sore
\nI fear he has been murdered at the fair of Turloughmore<\/p>\n

Come all you tender Christians I hope you will draw near
\nIt’s of this dreadful murder I mean to let you hear
\nConcerning those poor people whose loss we do deplore
\nThe Lord have mercy on their souls, they died at Turloughmore<\/p>\n

‘Twas on the first of August the truth I will declare
\nThose people they assembled that day all at the fair
\nBut little was their notion what evil was in store
\nAll by the bloody Peelers at the fair of Turloughmore<\/p>\n

Were you to see that dreadful sight ‘twould grieve your heart I know
\nTo see those lovely women and the men all lying low
\nGod help their tender parents, they will never see them more
\nFor cruel was their murder at the fair of Turloughmore<\/p>\n

It’s for that base bloodthirsty crew remark the word I say
\nThe Lord he will reward them against the Judgement Day
\nThe blood they’ve taken innocent for it they’ll suffer sore
\nAnd the treatment that they gave to us that day at Turloughmore<\/p>\n

The morning of their trial as they stood in the dock
\nThe words they spoke were feeling, the people round them flock
\n“I tell you judge and jury, the truth I will declare
\nIt was Brew that ordered us to fire, that evening at the fair”<\/p>\n

Now to conclude and finish this sad and doleful lay
\nI hope their souls are happy against the Judgement Day
\nIt was little time they got, we know, when they fell like new-mown hay
\nMay the Lord have mercy on their souls against the Judgment Day<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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