The City of Chicago - James Brennan (Luka Bloom/Christy Moore cover)

This is one of my favorite songs of all time. It was written by Irish folk singer Luka Bloom and is often performed by his older brother, the great Christy Moore. It’s a wonderful expression of the Irish immigrant experience in coming to America.
🪙 𝓑𝓾𝔂 𝓜𝓮 𝓪 𝓒𝓸𝓯𝓯𝓮𝓮! ☕
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𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓴 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓼𝓾𝓹𝓹𝓸𝓻𝓽!
Enjoy the music! 😃
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𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓒𝓲𝓽𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓒𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓰𝓸 (Luka Bloom)
In the City of Chicago
As the evening shadows fall
There are people dreaming
Of the hills of Donegal
1847 was the year it all began
Deadly pains of hunger
Drove a million from the land
They journeyed not for glory
Their motive wasn’t greed
A voyage of survival
Across the stormy sea
To the City of Chicago…
Some of them knew fortune
Some of them knew fame
More of them knew hardship
And died upon the plain
They spread throughout the nation
They rode the railroad cars
Brought their songs and stories
To ease their lonely hearts
To the City of Chicago…
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