On a [G] bright moonlit night over [C] lucan
Strolled the [D] belle of Biddulph and her [G] beau
He would soon
have to leave for St. [C] Thomas
And he [D] quietly begged her to [G] go
Come away come away Jenny Donnelly
From lucan I beg you to flee
Come away come away Jenny Donnelly
Come
and live in St. Thomas with me. repeat
There’s a dark cloud of hate over lucan
And a black shadow strangles this land
So tonight let us go to
your father
And there I will ask for your hand
Come away come away Jenny Donnelly
For the love in my heart you can see
Say goodbye say goodbye Jenny Donnelly
To
this land with its dark destiny
They were married and lived in St Thomas Where their children did
happily grow
They were gay till the day came the message
Proclaiming its tiding of woe
As it read your family’s dead they’ve been murdered
Can you come they’ll be buried today
Deep
inside Jenny cried at the funeral
Till beside her she heard someone say.
REPEAT SECOND VERSE.
