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Tiger Bay

from No Strangers Here by SixMileBridge

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Written by Australian Liz Spira, lost for many years but brought to me by George Furey on the last remaining cassette recording. It's been a huge honor in my life to keep it close as the only person to record it after the original demo.

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tiger bay
l. spira

he worked his daily fourteen hours below
and rarely saw the sunset or sunrise
and he watched his little family try to grow
but he could see the sorrow in their eyes

they sold off almost everything they owned
from the little house they’d rented from the mine
said good bye to all the friends they’d ever know
and sailed away in nineteen twenty nine

they came a long long way
from tiger bay
on the wild wide sea
to be free free free

they huddled up on deck against the cold
smiling through the tears they tried to hide
and they wondered what the future years would hold
as they headed for toronto on the tide

well the steel works gives employment that’s a start
but what they found was worse than what they’d left
but with the taste of freedom burning in their hearts
september found them headed for the west

at calgary they saw the winter out
and the icy northern snows blew thick and wild
and late one night he heard his lady shout
that the time had come to have their precious child

well he did his best to save the seed he’d sown
and soon he heard the babie’s gentle cries
but the new life she had given cost her own
and he saw the love light dying in her eyes

the preachers words made such a mournful sound
as they laid her body in the frozen clay
and the dreams they shared were buried in the ground
in the foothills of the rockies far away

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from No Strangers Here, released July 11, 2000

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Maggie Drennon New York, New York

Maggie Drennon is a premiere voice in Celtic singing, a long standing influence in folk music. She was a founding member of Ceili's Muse in 1989, and SixMileBridge in 1997

Now, with a solo performance that is meaningful yet lighthearted, she is deeply devoted to sharing Celtic traditions with American audiences.

Most importantly she brings us the soaring voice that will inspire your heart! ... more

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