Lough Sheelin Eviction

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[Verse 1]
G                              Em
Farewell my country a long farewell,
      C     D         G
My tale of anguish no tongue can tell,
                                    Em
For I’m forced to fly o're the ocean wide,
      C        D              C       G
From the home I love by Lough Sheelin side.
G                              Em
How proud was I of my girl so fair,
      C           D            G
I was envied most by the young men there,
                                  Em
When I brought her back a bashful bride,
        C       D            C       G
From my cottage home by Lough Sheelin side.

[Chorus]
G                          C
Farewell my love a fond a dieu,
            G               Em      C
Farewell my comrades and my country too
D7      G                            Em
For I'm forced to fly o're the ocean wide
         C      D             C       G
From the home I love by Lough Sheelin side.

[Verse 2]
G                                Em
But all our joys were too good to last,
        C                 D              G
For the landlord came our young hopes to blast,
                             Em
In vain we pleaded for mercy no,
      C     D           C        G
He hurled us out in the blinding snow.

G                              Em
But no one opened for us their doors,
    C               D              G
For ill felt vengeance would reach them sure,
                                 Em
My Eileen fainted in my arms and died,
        C      D             C       G
On that snowy night by Lough Sheelin side.

[Chorus]
G                          C
Farewell my love a fond a dieu,
            G               Em      C
Farewell my comrades and my country too
D7      G                            Em
For I'm forced to fly o're the ocean wide
         C      D             C       G
From the home I love by Lough Sheelin side

[Verse 3]
G                                   Em
I buried her down in the churchyard low
         C              D            G
Where in springtime the wild flowers grow,
                                   Em
I shed no tears for my tongue felt dry
        C        D              C       G
On that fearfull night by Lough Sheelin side.
G                                 Em
Farewell my country farewell all day,
         C                 D      G
The ship will soon take me far away,
                               Em
But my fond heart would sooner bide,
        C        D            C          G
Near my Eileen's grave by lough Sheelin side.

[Chorus]
G                          C
Farewell my love a fond a dieu,
            G               Em      C
Farewell my comrades and my country too
D7      G                            Em
For I'm forced to fly o're the ocean wide
         C      D             C       G
From the home I love by Lough Sheelin side