Sam Jenkins
Damien Dempsey
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Verse 1
D G D G My name it is Sam Jenkins I come from old Whitington Hill D G D A Em My people bow their heads down to the Lord of the manor still. D G D G I grew up mean and hungry, dirty and poor and sick D G D A Em I tried my best for not to steal, too afraid of the Van Diemen ships
Verse 2
D G D G Well the only road to money it was the road to the army gates D G D A Em I took that road in ’45 with a gang of my Staffordshire mates D G D G We were shipped across to Ireland some rebellions for to quell D G D A Em Stationed North of Galway in a landscape that mirrored hell
Verse 3
Bm A When we sailed into Galway before my head and pride G Bm G I will never forget the skeletons with a crazed look in their eyes Bm A And their little children wailing as hunger ate them alive G Em G When I realised what I was doing there, with the shame I nearly died
Verse 4
D G D G The food removal regiments, we were there to guard the food D G D A Em Being shipped each day to England while the starving they were subdued D G D G They said we needed the food more, for our hungry boys abroad D G D A Em And the Irish apes who farmed it they weren’t men in the eyes of the lord
Verse 5
Bm A My dear friend Billy Cooper he couldn’t console himself G D Em G From a cherry tree in the back field he was hanging by his belt Bm A In the 41st foot regiment, just north of Galway town G Em G I felt myself the servent of a devil in a crown.
Verse 6
D G D G I disobeyed an order, I refused to shoot a man D G Now stripped of my gun and uniform D A Em I am bound for Van Diemen's land
Verse 7
D G You rogues who rule Britannia D G May you burn in hell for good D G Us poor we do your dirty work D A Em Then you dine on our flesh and blood
END
All the lies, all of our lives All the pain, abuse and shame Tell the truth to the youth And forgive, but never forget Forgive, but never forget All the lies, all of our lives All the pain, tears like rain Tell the truth to the youth And forgive, but never forget Forgive, but never forget
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