The winter of 1847 was the coldest and wettest in the 19th century. It followed the total destruction of the potato harvest. One million Cotters died. An eyewitness account claims that the west coast of Ireland consisted of "huts of shivering wretches starving to death". The most commonly heard cry from children was "Ochras" - hungry.
lyrics
The Famine Suite : (iii) Winter 1847
Raining on the rooftops, beating at the door
huddled in the peat haze, frozen fingers thaw
autumns slipping away, winters waiting for our fall.
Harvest lies in tatters, pratie fields in ruins
empty children's bellies singing hungry tunes
and its slipping away feels like hope has left us all.
Ucrach
Hungry
Raining on the rooftops, famine at the door,
hollow eyed, forboding, never ending
shivering in shadows, bodies wrapped in rags,
starving in the silence, no salvation.
Death waits at the doorstep, whispers through the walls
calls his children to him, unrelenting
stolen under darkness, buried under stone
its time to cut the cord, to leave our farms, our homes.
credits
from In the Home of my Ancestors,
released September 17, 1997
Gavin O'Loghlen : Acoustic and electric guitars, drums, bass, percussion, Prophet 5 and Arp keyboards, vocoder, Hammond organ, whistle, lead vocals
Stephanie Graeber : Violin
Suzannah Graeber : Violin
Angelee Theodoros : Cello, lead vocals
Jacqui Yeo : Vocals
Malachy O'Reilly : Voice
Music and words written by Gavin O'Loghlen & Anne Dormer
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and Scottish smallpipes, Irish whistles, violin, cello and accordion wrapped in layers of acoustic and electric guitars, vintage keyboards and rich vocal harmonies.
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