Key: D
D
In the summer of 1832
A
The sailing ship John Stamp
Em
G
Tied up into the port of Pennsylvania
D
Up the ladder from the cargo deck
A
Men and women crept
Em
Bm
Into the open skies above
D
Dia is Muire Dhuit agus Failte Romhat
A
Duffy?s my name, I cut through stone
Em
Work for me, I?m one of your own
G
A7
In dollars I will pay you
D
57 men signed up,
A
Duffy promised to fill their cup
Em
If they cut the Malvern Valley up
G
Bm
G
A
Mile 59 had to be on time for the railway line
From Ballyshannon and The Glenties
D
They sailed right into hell
D
G
A
They suffered like the weeping Christ
G
A
Down Duffy?s Cut they sweat their blood
Bm
G
Into his wishing well
D
Were they taken by the sickness?
D
Were they hunted down like scum?
D
G
A
Was there poison in the water?
A
G
A
Was it cholera or murder?
Bm
G
The smoke that hid the bullets
G
D
G
Bm
A
From the barrel of the boss?s g u n
D
The Blacksmith and the Holy Sisters
A
Good people through and through
Em
Whispered prayers into the victim?s ears
G
It?s all that they could do
D
A
How come the bosses had silence on their lips
A
Em
G
As 57 Irish Navies were buried in a pit
A
Em
No stone to mark their resting place
Bm
G
A
No one to mourn their passing
A
D
From Ballyshannon and The Glenties
D
They sailed right into hell
D
G
A
They suffered like the weeping Christ
G
A
Down Duffy?s Cut they sweat their blood
Bm
G
Into his wishing well
D
Were they taken by the sickness?
D
Were they hunted down like scum?
D
G
A
Was there poison in the water?
A
G
A
Was it cholera or murder?
Bm
G
The smoke that hid the bullets
G
D
G
Bm
A
From the barrel of the boss?s g u n
A
D
From Ballyshannon and The Glenties
D
They sailed right into hell
D
G
A
They suffered like the weeping Christ
G
A
Down Duffy?s Cut they sweat their blood
Bm
G
Into his wishing well
D
G
Bm
A
Into his wishing w e ll