The Evictions Goats Don't Shave G Bm My name it is Sweeney, a father of two sons I am, D G A cottier tenant, like many a true mountain man, G Bm My wife fell to famine and my heart will never repair, D C G But worse was to come in the form of a John George Adair. G Bm The news in the valley, a stranger had bought up land, D G Soon twenty eight thousand acres he would command, G Bm But we were to learn that the blood in his body ran cold, D C G For the suffering of the poor was John Adair's goal. [Chorus] Em C G The hills and the mountains know your name, Em C G The deer even hang their heads in shame, Em C G And even the longest winter's rain, Em C G Can't wash away all the suffering and pain, C D G Of the Evictions at Derryveagh. G G G C Em D C G D G G G C Em D C G D [] G Bm You swore on us lies, you had us arrested and jailed D G For the murder of Murray your agent, but justice prevailed G Bm But vengeance was feasting inside of your cold Scottish heart D C G So, the notice was given, the people and land they must part G Bm One morning in April, eighteen sixty one D G Two hundred soldiers, their bayonets shone in the sun G Bm Led by the sheriff they marched with the Crowbar brigade D C G And a widow, six daughters, a son, first homeless were made [Chorus] Em C G The hills and the mountains know your name, Em C G The deer even hang their heads in shame, Em C G And even the longest winter's rain, Em C G Can't wash away all the suffering and pain, C D G Of the Evictions at Derryveagh. G G G C Em D C G D G G G C Em D C G D [] G Bm Two hundred and forty-four people made homeless that day D G While John Adair's castle was planned for the shores of Lough Veagh G Bm Some to the poorhouse, some to Australia's shore D C G But all said goodbye to a homeland they'd see never more [Chorus] Em C G The hills and the mountains know your name, Em C G The deer even hang their heads in shame, Em C G And even the longest winter's rain, Em C G Can't wash away all the suffering and pain, C D G Of the Evictions at Derryveagh. G G G C Em D C G D G G G C Em D C G D []