Key: E major•
Verse 1
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Ireland, 1860, my dear and loving son John.
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is so good as to write these words down.
Verse 2
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Your brothers have all got a fine work in England,
The crop of potatoes is sorely infected,
a third to a half of them bad.
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And your sister Bridget and Patrick O'
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Mother says not to work on the railroad and
Verse 3
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Kilkelly, Ireland,
1870, my dear and loving son John.
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Hello to your Misses and to your four children,
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may they grow healthy and strong.
I suppose that he never will learn.
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Because of the dampness there's no turf to
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speak of and now we have nothing to burn.
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And Bridget is happy, we named a child for her
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although she's got six of her own.
Verse 4
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You say you found work but you don't say what kind
Kilkelly, Ireland, 1880, dear Michael and John, my sons.
Verse 5
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I'm
sorry to give you the very sad news
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We buried her down at the church in Kilkelly, your
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You don't have to worry she died very quickly,
Verse 6
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And it's so good to hear that Michael's returning,
Verse 7
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has been poor and the people are selling
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at any price that they can.
Verse 8
ing son John.
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I suppose that I must be close on eighty, it's
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Because of all of the money you send
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Michael has built himself a fine house and Brid
Thank you for sending your family- picture,
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they're lovely young women and men
Verse 9
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You say that you might even come for a visit,
Kilkelly, Ireland, 1892, my dear brother John.
Verse 10
I didn't write sooner
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to tell you, but father passed on.
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He was living with Bridged, she says he was cheerful
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You should have seen him playing with the grandchildren of Pat MacNamara,
your friend.
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he was a strong and a feisty old man con
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And it's funny the way he kept talking about you,
Verse 11
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oh why don't you think about coming to visit,
we'd all love to see you again
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