{"id":1906,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/skibbereen-1"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"skibbereen-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/skibbereen-1\/","title":{"rendered":"SKIBBEREEN (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

O, Father dear, I ofttimes heard you talk of Erin’s Isle
\nHer valleys green, her lofty scene, her mountains rude and wild
\nYou said it was a pleasant place wherein a prince might dwell
\nWhy have you then forsaken her, the reason to me tell?<\/p>\n

My son, I loved our native land with energy and pride
\nUntil a blight fell on the land and sheep and cattle died
\nThe rents and taxes were to pay, I could not them redeem
\nAnd that’s the cruel reason why I left Old Skibbereen<\/p>\n

It’s well I do remember on a bleak November’s day
\nThe landlord and his agent came to drive us all away
\nHe set my house on fire with his demon yellow spleen
\nAnd that’s another reason why I left Old Skibbereen<\/p>\n

Your mother, too, God rest her soul, lay on the snowy ground
\nShe fainted in her anguish of the desolation round
\nShe never rose, but went her way from life to death’s long dream
\nAnd found a quiet grave, my boy, in lovely Skibbereen<\/p>\n

It’s well I do remember the year of forty-eight
\nWhen we arose with Erin’s boys to fight against our fate
\nI was hunted through the mountains as a traitor to the Queen
\nAnd that’s another reason that I left Old Skibbereen<\/p>\n

Oh father dear, the day will come when vengeance loud will call
\nAnd we’ll arise with Erin’s boys and rally one and all
\nI’ll be tbe man to lead the van, beneath our flag of green
\nAnd loud and high we’ll raise the cry, “Revenge for Skibbereen!”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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