the ballad of jack larkin - irish folk song lyrics
it was in the hungry forties when old ireland lay in bloom
thousands sailed from galway bay to find a brighter home
among them were three comrades who were brave and bold and strong
and they came from dinish island off the lettermullen shore
the streets of philadelphia they had heard were paves with gold
but very soon they realized it melted with the snow
the fights of hunger know no bounds as they make a young man groan
so they went to california a hunting for the gold
thеy staked a claim beside thе hill called as the ? ? ? and started digging in to it some fortunes for to hold
the promise to their parents the day the left the their home
was to bring it back to dinish off the lettermullen shore
mcdonoald went to town one day to rustle up some stores
he was k!lled by three bandidos who robbed him of his hope
john falon and jack larkin they waited mass their home
and they buried him beside his claim at the side of ? ? ?
and the mound was patted down and the three hail marys said
and they placed a little wooden cross as a marker on his head
jack larkin faced and told the east that he swore a mighty roar
it was blood for blood he’d have revenge or never face at home
that very day jack went to town with his pistol in his belt
and he went into the tavern where they k!lled his cousin pat
he called out the bandidos and when the fight was o’r
the three of them were lying dead upon the borrowed floor
jack took a bullet in his back and for three long weeks he lay
and then one night a fall and says i’ll never see the day
i’ll tell my folks in dinish if you ever make it back
that i got the three bandidos they got my cousin pat
he was buried with his cousin in the grave upon the hill
with a marker at his head and feet and the three hail marys said
before the mound was patted down jack larkins mighty soul
was flown back home to dinish off the lettermullen shore
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