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Young Ned of the Hill
Pogues, The & Strummer, Joe
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Have you ever walked the lonesome hills
And heard the curlews cry
Or seen the raven black as night
Upon a windswept sky
To walk the purple heather
And hear the westwind cry
To know that's where the rapparee must die
Since Cromwell pushed us westward to live our lowly lives
There's some of us have deemed to fight
From Tipperary mountains high
Noble men with wills of iron, who are not afraid to die
Who'll fight with Gaelic honour held on high
A curse upon you, Oliver Cromwell, who raped our motherland
I hope you're rotting down in hell for the horrors that you sent
To our misfortunate forefathers whom you robbed of their birthright
To hell or Connaught, may you burn in hell tonight
Of such man I'd like to speak, a rapparee by name and deed
Dispossessed and slaughtered, they put a price upon his head
His name is known in song and story, his deeds are legends still
And murdered for blood money was young Ned of the hill
You can rob my home and fortune
Even drove us from our land
You'll never break my spirit 'cause you'll never understand
The love of dear old Ireland forged in iron will
As long as there are gallant men like young Ned of the hill
A curse upon you, Oliver Cromwell, who raped our motherland
I hope you're rotting down in hell for the horrors that you sent
To our misfortunate forefathers whom you robbed of their birthright
To hell or Connaught, may you burn in hell tonight, go, go, go, go
A curse upon you, Oliver Cromwell, who raped our motherland
I hope you're rotting down in hell for the horrors that you sent
To our misfortunate forefathers whom you robbed of their birthright
To hell or Connaught, may you burn in hell tonight
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Okay
This one go out to Shane on vaccay but Shane's here tonight
More or so but man's here tonight, okay?
Everybody understand me?
Everybody hear what I'm sayin'?
Well, give the man a fuckin' welcome then, Shane McGowan
This is McGowan's "Rain Street"
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