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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I was forged in copper in 43,
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in a Nova Sco tia factory
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and so many things my eyes did see
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until I wished that I were blind.
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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I lay upon that table
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when the murder plan was offered
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and I crossed the Canadian border
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when the five black Donnellys died.
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Verse 3
It was the white boys,
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Against the orange men, the Anglicans
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And the Blackfeet was the least of them
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They settled on this soil
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And I've seen my share of honest men
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Been near the leg of some of them
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Swore in the name of Jesus, Jesus,
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make your temple whole
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I was a witness
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The Ontario crimes
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And in the spring of 47,
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I was changed to a black food giver,
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and I found me in a squatter's purse
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in southeast Lot 18.
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And Patrick Farrell had bought that land
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with a spike in hand.
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John Donnelly threw that deadly blow
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that ended Patrick's dreams.
In the pocket of young man
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Crowley in the summer of 73,
it was the Flanagan -Donnelly
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and I got that ride for free
I saw coaches smashed
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The stables burned to the ground
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And each side blamed the other side
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Neither side back down
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And oh, I was a witness
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I was a witness
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To the Ontario Crowns
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Two, three
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He won me in a card game,
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this bit of vigilante,
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led by Constable James Carroll,
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backed by to a priest from
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And his name was Father Connolly.
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But ask anyone named Donnelly,
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they'll say the Lord may forgive him,
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but we will damn him to the dirt.
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It was the white boys,
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Against the orange men, the anglicans
In the black fleet,
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it was the least of them
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Settled on this oil
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And I've seen my share of honest men
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Been near the leg of some of them
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Swore in the name of Jesus, Jesus,
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make you temperable.
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I was a witness.
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To the Ontario Crimes.
Outro 1
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