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Thread #87891   Message #1645616
Posted By: Charley Noble
10-Jan-06 - 09:57 AM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: The Evictions (Goats Don't Shave)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Goats Don't Shave - Evictions
Seems to me this song comes from the 19th century evictions of tenant farmers. It's not clear to me whether this is from the New York Hudson River Valley rent/eviction battles of the 1800's, the enclosure evictions in England, or the eviction of Irish tenant farmers ("hills and mountains" in Ireland?). "Derryveagh" would appear to be Irish.

It's a very interesting fragment.

Charley Noble