C5 E5 My name it is Sweeney father of two sons I am G5 F5 C5 a courier tenant like many a true mountain man C5 E5 my wife fell to famine my heart will never repair G5 F5 C5 but worse was to come in the form of John George Adair C5 E5 the news in the valley a stranger had bought up the land G5 F5 C5 soon twenty eight thousand acres he would command C5 E5 but we were to learn that the blood in his body ran cold G5 F5 C5 for the suffering of the poor was John Adairs goal (chorus) A5 F5 C5 the hills and the mountains know your name A5 F5 C5 the deer even hang their heads in shame A5 F5 C5 and even the longest winters rain A5 F5 C5 can't wash away all the suffering and pain F5 G5 C5 of the evictions at Derryveagh C5 E5 he sworn us lies had us arrested and jailed G5 F5 C5 for the murder of Murrog his agent but justice prevailed C5 E5 but vengeance was feasting inside of his cold Scottish heart G5 F5 C5 so the notice was given the people and land they must part C5 E5 one cold april morning eighteen sixty one G5 F5 C5 two hundred soldiers the bayonets John and his son C5 E5 led by the sheriff they marched to the grove by the bay G5 F5 C5 a widow six daughters a son first homeless Lough Barra (chorus) A5 F5 C5 the hills and the mountains know your name A5 F5 C5 the deer even hang their heads in shame A5 F5 C5 and even the longest winters rain A5 F5 C5 can't wash away all the suffering and pain F5 G5 C5 of the evictions at Derryveagh C5 E5 two hundred forty four people left homeless that day G5 F5 C5 while John Adairs castle was planned for the shores of Lough Veagh C5 E5 some to the poorhouse some to Australia's shores G5 F5 C5 but all said goodbye to our homeland they'd see nevermore (chorus) A5 F5 C5 the hills and the mountains know your name A5 F5 C5 the deer even hang their heads in shame A5 F5 C5 and even the longest winters rain A5 F5 C5 can't wash away all the suffering and pain F5 G5 C5 of the evictions at Derryveagh
