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Текст с Bandcamp’a: “Verse 1 We sailed away from Galway Bay in the darkest of the 40’s No regrets, no looking back, I don’t need the misery The ill and dead surround us as we cross the fierce Atlantic What kept me going was a brand new start for me and my family When we landed in Amerikay, the know-nothings didn’t want us “Nativists” my-ass, you just landed before me We moved into a tenement in what was called the Five Points It’s called Paradise Square, but it smells like hell to me Chorus I suffered to get here and I’m not going to leave And if you knock me down, you’d best be sure I’m dead ’Cause when I get back on me feet, and I promise you that I will I’ll steal your life and use your blood to paint Paradise Square! Verse 2 Well me dear auld husband’s dead and gone, it’s going on three years now He worked his fingers to the bone, then he worked himself to death He fought to make a better life for me and his dear children When chasing down your dreams there’s no such thing as rest So now it’s up to me to keep our dreams alive The boys are far too young to work, but old enough to steal I cooked, I cleaned, I’d watch your kids, I’d even do the washing But I fell down the stairs in the tenement square, now the boys look after me Chorus Verse 3 Well mammy’s dead and it’s been a long time since me da has left the living Me brothers have all since moved out to start their families There’s not much left for me in this place so I guess I’ll seek me fortune I’ll go and join the Union side and fight for this country It’s hard to want to die for a land that doesn’t want me But harder yet to work the mills and mines and factories But if I make it home alive, well then I’ll know I’ve won The battle to find a place in this world for me own Chorus Words and Music © 2010 Frank Aponte Fiddle melody from the traditional song “After the Battle of Aughrim” from The Good, The Plaid and the Ugly, released July 17, 2010“
