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This is a very famous song in Co. Waterford that laments the plight of the Connery brothers, Patrick, James, and John, whose holdings were stolen by a land-crazy landlord during the early 1830s. This episode developed into a local conflictthat resulted in gun battery, jail escapes and eventual transportation to New South Wales in Australia.
C2 | F3 G AB | G3 G AB | c3 c de |
c4 cB | A3 B AG | F/A/F- F2{/FA} FE | F3 z2 c |
de f3 f/d/ | e4 ed | c3 d cB | G3 G AB |
c d2 d ed- | d2 c2 c=B | c3 c de | f4 fd |
e4 d2 | c/d/ c2 d cB | G4 AB | c2 cd ed |
c6 | z3 C2 C | F3 G Ac | G4- GG |
AB c3 c | de c3 B | A2 AB AG- | F/A/F- F2 FE |
F4 C2 || F/A/F- FF/ G Ac/ | G3 G AB- | B c2 d ed |
c4 cB | A3 B AG | F/A/F- F2{/FA} FE | F3 z2 c |
de f3 f/d/ | e/f/ e4 d | c3 d{/e} cB | G3 G AB |
c d2 d ef/e/ | d3 c/d/ c2- | c3 c de | f4 fd |
e4 d2 | c/d/ c2 d cB | G3 G AB | c2 c d2 e |
f/e/d c4 | B A2 B GE | F3 G Ac | G4- GG |
AB c3 c | de c3 B | A2 AB AG- | F/A/F- F2 FE |
{/FA} F6 |