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the banks of mulroy bay - the men of no property lyrics

[verse 1]
on the second day of april, and well i mind the date
on the morning of that fateful day in 1898
when the great earl of leitrim, the tyrant, i should say
he left his home in manorvaughan, on the banks of mulroy bay

[verse 2]
the landlord gave strict orders on leaving home that day
evictions they should then take place without undue delay
his bailiffs, they should get to work, as you may understand
and banish us poor peasants from out our native land

[verse 3]
the morning it was gentle and the birds did sweetly sing
and ‘neath the woods of cratlagh they made the valley ring
whеn leitrim and his party were driving at full trot
and еntering into cratlagh wood, they got a fearful shock

[verse 4]
the coachman named buchanan, a lad from milford town
he was blow from his station and left sprawling on the ground
may the lord have mercy on his soul, poor boy, he suffered sore
’til death did end his misery on the banks of mulroy shore

[verse 5]
john makim then, the tyrant’s clerk, a lad so strong and stout
he too received a fatal wound, which made him reel about
he shouts aloud into kincaid, as on the ground he lay
“i’m shot, i’m shot, dear william, on the banks of the mulroy bay”
[verse 6]
the great exterminator, the lord of this estate
for him there was an inch of lead, too hard to masticate
his body it lay lifeless, on the road i heard them say
to feed the dogs and hungry crows on the banks of mulroy bay

[verse 7]
here’s to the men who did the deed, may they remain unknown
but to that band of brothers who claim them as their own
in donegal and leitrim, let irish men proclaim
and will you raise your glasses to those that ended leitrim’s reign!

- the men of no property lyrics

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