Emigration

Subject: Emigration
From: Dani
Date: 07 Mar 99 - 09:04 AM

Please go to the other emigration thread and listen to Barry's song. It's a wonderful love poem to an ancestor. Somehow the link locked up the thread, though, and I wanted to post this thought:

There is such a tradition of songs regarding emigration from Ireland and other 'European' countries, but what this song really made me consider was those Haitians who risk ,and often lose, their lives trying to make it here. I could easily hear Barry's song in this context.

Subject: RE: Emigration
From: O'Boyle
Date: 08 Mar 99 - 02:11 AM

I started the thread and since, have not been able to respond again because of the lock up described above. I thought it was on my pc only. I was able to read the responses by using the "sort descending" option. I wanted to give the chords to Driscoll for "the Reason I left Mullingar" but could not. Maybe I will use this thread instead...later.

Rick

Subject: RE: Emigration
From: O'Boyle
Date: 08 Mar 99 - 02:34 AM

Driscoll, and any one else who cares, Here are the chords I use for the song. I first learned the song off of a jukebox, so the chords are approximate. The key is up to you. The version I heard was yy the Fureys and the song according to Driscoll was written by Dave Furey.

THE REASON I LEFT MULLINGAR

(Bm)I walk through the (A)city a (G)stran-(D)ger
(C)In a land I can (G)never call (D)home(A)
(Bm)And I curse the sad (A)notion that (G)caused (D)me
(Bm)In search of my (D)fortune to (A)roam
(Bm)I'm weary of (A)work and hard (G)drink-(D)ing
(C)And a week's wages (G)left in a (D)bar(A)
(Bm)And God it's a (A)shame to use a (G)friend's (D)name
(Bm)Just to beg for the (D)price of a (A)jar

chorus:
(Bm)I remember that (A)bright April (G)morn-(D)ing,
(C)When I left home to (G)travel (D)a-(A)far
(Bm)But to work till you're (A)dead for one (G)room and a (D)bed
(G)Is not the reason I (A)left Mullin-(D)gar

Rick