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City Of Chicago
(Kevin Barry Moore, 1955)
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The composer of this immigration song, Barry Moore, is a native of Newbridge, Co. Kildare.  The song has been frequently recorded and performed by Barry's older brother, singer/songwriter Christy Moore.  Barry moved to the United States around 1987 and since that time has performed under the name Luka Bloom.

Chorus
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.

Some of them knew fortune,
some them knew fame,
more of them knew hardship
and died upon the plains.
They spread throughout the nation,
they rode the railroad cars,
brought their songs and music
to ease their lonely hearts.

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