Pauline Scanlon - Bata Is Bóthar - BBC, Imirce.

Pauline Scanlon sings John Spillane and Louis De Paor's song 'Bata Is Bóthar' on a BBC programme called 'Imirce' presented by Dáithí Sproule and produced by Lynette Fay about Irish Emigration.
Damien Mullane - Accordion
Donogh Hennessy Guitar.

[@Hanna1968]

This song makes my heart bleed...😢

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Translation: The Stick and the Road I did my time in America, Sleeping rough under the tree of hope, Tearing down walls my father had built Between him and the hatred he saw in their eyes. They gave us all that they had to give, The stick and the road and a longing for home: ‘Go back to the hell that you came from And stay there forever in Ireland’. Then I went over to London town, All on my own and nothing to show for it; If I stayed for a hundred years at their door, They’d never let me in any closer to their hearts. They gave us all that they had to give, The stick and the road and a longing for home: ‘Go back to the hell that you came from And stay there forever in Ireland’. I ended up then at the ends of the world, Lying face down in the pit of loneliness, Scratching the earth in the bottom of a trench, That was narrow as the grave where my child was buried. They gave us all that they had to give, The stick and the road and a longing for home: ‘Go back to the hell that you came from And stay there forever in Ireland’. Finally I landed in the land of the blind, Looking for shelter from the angry sea; All that I found was the bleating of money And my own tears to cure my thirst. We gave them all that we had to give, The stick and the road and a longing for home: ‘Go back to the hell that you came from And stay there forever away from Ireland; Go back to the hell that you came from And stay there forever away from Ireland’.

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I so love this song. Please record it. I love your voice. You're a very beautiful woman. I have your first CD. Cheers!