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Sammy Horner - Children Of White Rock

from Far Away Places. by Sammy Horner / The Sweet Sorrows / The Electrics

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The Children Of White Rock

we left White Rock behind us 
on a tall ship under sail
took the broad Atlantic with the dolphin and the whale
we're bound for New York City, and opportunity
it's all that’s left for a no chance soul like me

two thousand miles behind us, two thousand till we're there
too far out to turn back
too far gone to care
I curse the cur who sold me my ticket at the dock
and tore me from the children of White Rock

they tell me that there's plenty
and the streets are paved with gold,
but all I feel’s the biting steel of hunger and the cold
so pass around the bottle, I need it's company
It’s all that's left for a no chance soul like me

so fair thee well my homeland
and my lazy no-good  friends
fair thee well my darling
I'll love you to the end
and I won't forget your cheating heart
as flimsy as your frock
I will always miss you, the children of White Rock


Sammy Horner vocals, acoustic guitar, dulcimer guitar
Kylie Horner accordion

[In our world of easy travel, it is hard to imagine a voyage that would take us from our homeland forever. This was the case for so many who left Ireland in the past.]

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from Far Away Places., released April 2, 2021

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