Collection of Irish Song Lyrics
Glenveagh
Copyright: Brian Hyland
In the Donegal Mountains
there's a park called Glenveagh
Where people can watch the red deer at their play
The park was the gift of a Yank Millionaire
who got his revenge on Lord John George Adare
Now Adare was a Landlord who should have shown penance
For the want and eviction of all of his tenants
But "To Hell With Ye Irish!" He loudly did jeer
Instead of ye peasants I'd rather have deer
Too ra loo To ra leer
Instead of ye peasants I'd rather have deer
Now among the evicted were the bold McIlhenny
A proud rugged family whose triumphs were many
In the land of the Cajun they made good their loss
by inventing Tobasco that fire red sauce
Now with all of the loot they had got from this spice
They paid Adare back for his criminal vice
For a grandson named Henry acquired the estate
And the soul of Adare was condemned to its fate
Too ra Loo, Too ra late
And the soul of Adare was condemned to its fate
In the dungeons of Hell is a bubbling pit
Where Lord Adare twitches a writhes in a fit
He wishes he never had thought to foreclose
'cause he's bathed in Tobasco right up to his nose
And if at Glenveagh you should hear the wind sigh
You'll know Lord Adare's gotten sauce in the eye
And a red antlered deamon will mock every moan
Saying, "You never showed mercy so Pogue ma Thoin"
too ra loo, too ra loan
Saying, "You never showed mercy so Pogue ma Thoin"
