Kilkelly-De Dannan/Jimmy Keane

[ti:Kilkelly] [ar:De Dannan/Jimmy Keane] [al:Feast of Irish Folk] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Kilkelly - De Dannan/Jimmy Keane [00:05.67]Kilkelly Ireland eighteen and sixty my dear and loving son John [00:15.59]Your good friend the schoolmaster Pat McNamara's so good [00:21.96]As to write these words down [00:25.83]Your brothers have all gone to find work in England [00:31.55]House is so empty and sad [00:36.60]Crop of potatoes is sorely infected [00:41.50]A third to a half of them bad [00:46.70]And your sister Brigid and Patrick O'Donnell [00:52.23]Going to be married in June [00:57.54]Mother says not to work on the railroad [01:02.67]It sure to come on home soon [01:12.46]Kilkelly Ireland 18 and 70 my dear and loving son John [01:22.73]Hello to your Mrs and to your 4 children [01:28.15]May they grow healthy and strong [01:33.87]Michael has got in a wee bit of trouble [01:38.90]I guess that he never will learn [01:44.53]Because of the dampness there's no turf to speak of [01:49.74]And now we have nothing to burn [01:55.66]And Brigid is happy you named a child for her [02:00.65]And now she's got six of her own [02:06.10]You say you found work but you don't say [02:10.05]What kind or when you will be coming home [02:39.00]Kilkelly Ireland eighteen and eighty dear Michael and John my sons [02:49.11]I'm sorry to give you the very sad news [02:54.37]That your dear old mother has gone [02:59.78]We buried her down at the church in Kilkelly [03:05.14]Your brothers and Brigid were there [03:10.53]You don't have to worry she died very quickly [03:15.95]Remember her in your prayers [03:21.28]And it's so good to hear that Michael's returning [03:26.78]With money he's sure to buy land [03:32.09]For the crop has been poor and the people [03:36.03]Are selling at any price that they can [04:04.90]Kilkelly Ireland 18 and 90 my dear and loving son John [04:14.95]I guess that I must be close on to eighty [04:20.20]It's thirty years since you're gone [04:25.51]Because of all of the money you send me [04:30.97]I'm still living out on my own [04:36.50]Michael has built himself a fine house [04:41.85]And Brigid's daughters have grown [04:47.25]Thank you for sending your family picture [04:52.71]They're lovely young women and men [04:57.79]You say that you might even come for a visit [05:03.50]What joy to see you again [05:12.90]Kilkelly Ireland 18 and 92 my dear brother John [05:23.56]I'm sorry that I didn't write sooner to [05:27.80]Tell you that father passed on [05:34.14]He was living with brigid she says he was cheerful [05:39.45]And healthy right down to the end [05:44.93]Ah you should have seen him play with [05:48.71]The grandchildren of Pat McNamara your friend [05:55.79]And we buried him alongside of mother [06:01.27]Down at the Kilkelly churchyard [06:06.70]He was a strong and a feisty old man [06:12.28]Considering his life was so hard [06:17.72]And it's funny the way he kept talking about you [06:23.32]He called for you in the end [06:29.30]Oh why don't you think about coming to visit [06:34.92]We'd all love to see you again