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McCafferty

The Dubliners

Original Dubliners: 1966-1969

1993

will

At Liverpool Assizes my trial I stood
And I held my courage as best I could
Then the old judge said, Now, McCafferty
Go prepare your soul for

with speed
They sent us off to Warwick jail which made our hearts to bleed.

It was at the March assizes, at the bar we did appear
Like Job we stood with

his blood,
And at Liverpool Assizes my trial stood;
The judge he says, "McCassery
Prepare yourself for the gallows-tree."
I have no father to take my

Family

Yé lé testé mo Pass yé ka détesté Mo
Manyin Mo ka viv li non
Yé pa ka wèy Yé ka assize Anlè to
pou to rété an ba Dlo
A sèl plézi yé trapé pou Fè

cool as ice but insides fiery

Losing controls never been so contrived
Court jester takes the assize
And everybody wants a little piece of my soul
Soul

zamin mo assize kiksoz ki ape fer mwan la penn
Ki mo tiape noyer dan problem pou ban kiksoz ki pa vo la penn
To bann mo dou
Ki to dir mwa
To console mwa

taken near the gospel tree
And the dogs gave up my identity
Thinking to buy their liberty
At the assizes but they got no prizes  
An’ now from a gibbet

assizes bound.  
On our black hearts the judgement fell:  
That all might see and mark it well 
So must we share forevermore 
The view from the gibbet hill.

Mo passer la rivière Tanier

Mo zouaine ene vié gran mama

Mo dire li ki li fer la

Li dire mwa li lapess cabo mo piti


Li dire mwa assizé mo piti

Tries to stay out of the local assizes
Not one bird sings now he recognizes
He said, "I'm so long from the land that I came from
I wonder where my