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This is an old Irish song written by Peter Jones based on letters from his great grandfather handed down in his family He found them and based on the contents, this very sad song was written. These letters were from a father in Kilkelly County Mayo in Ireland to his son in the USA. |
Kilkelly Ireland (By Peter Jones)
[Intro basically first two lines] CAPO 5
Am 2 times
F two times
G two times
Am two times (repeat once)
[Verse 1]
Am Kilkelly, Ireland, F 18 and 60, G my dear and loving son Am John
Am Your good friend the schoolmaster F Pat McNamara's so
G good as to write these words Am down.
Your C brothers have all gone to G find work in England,
The F house is so empty and Em sad
The Am crop of potatoes is F sorely infected,
A G third to a half of them Am bad.
And C your sister Brigid and G Patrick O'Donnell
Are F going to be married in Em June.
Your Am mother says not to F work on the railroad
And G be sure to come on home Am soon.
[Verse 2]
Am Kilkelly, Ireland, F 18 and 70, G my dear and loving son Am John
Am Hello to your Mrs and F to your 4 G children,
May they grow healthy and Am strong.
C Michael has got in a G wee bit of trouble,
I F guess that he never will Em learn.
Am Because of the dampness there's F no turf to speak of
And G now we have nothing to Am burn.
And C Brigid is happy, you G named a child for her
And F now she's got six of her Em own.
You Am say you found work, but F you don't say
What kind or G when you will be coming Am home.
[Verse 3]
Am Kilkelly, Ireland, F 18 and 80, G my dear sons Michael and Am John
Am I'm sorry to give you the F very sad G news
That your dear old mother has Am gone.
We C buried her down at the G church in Kilkelly,
Your F brothers and Brigid were Em there.
Am You don't have to worry, she F died very quickly,
G Remember her in your Am prayers.
And it's C so good to hear that G Michael's returning,
With F money he's sure to buy Em land
For the Am crop has been poor and the F people
Are G selling at any price that they Am can.
[Verse 4]
Am Kilkelly, Ireland, F 18 and 90, G my dear and loving son Am John
Am I guess that I must be F close on to G eighty,
It's thirty years since you're Am gone.
C Because of all of the G money you sent me,
I'm F still living out on my Em own.
Am Michael has built him F self a fine house
And G Brigid's daughters have Am grown.
C Thank you for sending your G family picture,
They're F lovely young women and Em men.
You Am say that you might even F come for a visit,
What G joy to see you Am again.
[Verse 5]
Am Kilkelly, Ireland, F 18 and 92, G my dear brother Am John
Am I'm sorry that I F didn't write G sooner
to tell you that father passed Am on.
C He was living with Brigid, she G says he was cheerful
And F healthy right down to the Em end.
Am Ah, you should have seen him F play with
The grand G children of Pat McNamara, your Am friend.
C And we buried him G alongside of mother,
Down F at the Kilkelly church Em yard.
Am He was a strong and a F feisty old G man,
Considering his life was so Am hard.
And it's C funny the way he kept G talking about you,
He F called for you in the Em end.
Oh, Am why don't you think about F coming to visit,
We'd G all love to see you Am again.