Go raibh maith agat, a Stuart. An-suimiúil ar fad. / Many thanks, Stuart. Very interesting entirely. LGDG / Best, - G -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 2:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [IRISH-AMER] Flight of the Earls Hi folks, Donegal County Council in Ireland have just launched a new website today commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Flight of the Earls. www.flightoftheearls.ie Kind regards, Stuart Stuart McNamara The Wild Geese Forums ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 6:39 PM Subject: [IRISH-AMER] "The Green Fields of America"/Omagh,Co. Tyrone's 15th Annual Appalachian & Bluegrass MusicFestival/Mick MOLONEY's book > THE GREEN FIELDS OF AMERICA > > Farewell to the groves of shillelagh and shamrock, > Farewell to the girls of old Ireland all around. > May your hearts be as merry as ever you could find them, > As far away over the ocean I am bound. > For me mother is old and me father's quite feeble, > To leave their own country 'twould grieve their hearts full sore; > Oh, the tears down their cheeks in great drops they are rolling, > To think I must die upon some foreign shore. > > But what matter to me where my bones may lie buried, > If in peace and contentment I can spend my life? > Oh, the green fields of Canada they daily are calling, > And there I'll see an end to my misery and strife, > So it's pack up your sea-stores, consider no longer, > For ten dollars a week is not very bad pay, > With no taxes or tithes to devour up your wages > When you're on the green fields of America. > > The lint-dams are gone and the looms are now idle, > Gone are the winders of baskets and creels; > Away o'er the ocean go journeymen, ploughboys, > And fiddlers who flaked out the old mountain reels. > But I mind the time when old Ireland was flourishing, > When most of our tradesmen did work for good pay, > But since our manufacturies have crossed the Atlantic, > It's now we must follow unto America. > > So now to conclude and to finish my ditty, > If ever friendless Irishman chances my way, > With the best in the house I will greet him in welcome, > At home on the green fields of America, > So it's pack up your sea-stores, consider no longer, > For ten dollars a week is not very bad pay, > With no taxes or tithes to devour up your wages, > When you're on the green fields of America. > > Note - The 15th Annual Appalachian & Bluegrass and Folk Music Festival took place (Sept 1-3 in 2006) at the Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland. For more info on the folk park's upcoming events: www.folkpark.com. Researchers with Scots-Irish roots may also be interested in Mick MOLONEY's book, "Far From the Shamrock Shore: The Story of Irish American History Through Song," and/or his article in the May-June 2005 issue of Dublin's "Ireland of the Welcomes" magazine, www.irelandofthewelcomes.com. A teacher, musician and author, Mr. MOLONEY also participates in music tours to Ireland, details from www.mickmoloney.com. > > > ====Irish American Mailing List===== > Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ====Irish American Mailing List===== Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message