All Videos Tagged (JFK (The Wild Geese) - The Wild Geese2024-05-04T10:45:17Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/video/video/listTagged?tag=%28JFK&rss=yes&xn_auth=noThe Emigrant (JFK ) - Larry Cunninghamtag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-06-13:6442157:Video:260552013-06-13T03:27:26.163ZKent Williamshttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/KentWilliams
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</a> <br></br>Irish American history in Song - Listen to the great Larry Cunningham(1938-2012)<br></br>
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An Irish lad from Dunganstown,The Atlantic he would cross<br></br>
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He parted with his family on the quayside at New Ross<br></br>
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His Mother smiled a Mothers tears as Irish Mothers do<br></br>
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She said goodbye God speed you son my blessings go with you<br></br>
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And so a…
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</a><br />Irish American history in Song - Listen to the great Larry Cunningham(1938-2012)<br />
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An Irish lad from Dunganstown,The Atlantic he would cross<br />
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He parted with his family on the quayside at New Ross<br />
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His Mother smiled a Mothers tears as Irish Mothers do<br />
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She said goodbye God speed you son my blessings go with you<br />
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And so a lad named Kennedy Departed o'er the sea<br />
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Just another Emigrant or so it seemed to be<br />
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Little did he realise that through him one fine day<br />
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By destiny a Kennedy would rule the USA<br />
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He got a job and later on when he moved out of town<br />
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He met and wed an Irish lass and soon they settled down<br />
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His son he Married Irish blood his grandson did the same<br />
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He wed the rose of Boston Gael Fitzgerald was her name<br />
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Another generation passed another World wide War<br />
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Then Fitzgerald-Kennedy became a Senator<br />
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He fought that great Election in that land so far away<br />
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When the people named him president all Irish hearts were gay<br />
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The great John F to Europe came in 1963,<br />
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And everywhere They went they cried we want John Kennedy<br />
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He visited the Emerald Isle where many years before<br />
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An Irish lad from Dunganstown sailed from old Erins shore<br />
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A Bullet From A Rifle John F Kennedy Was Dead,<br />
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The World It Stood In Silence As The News Was Told And Read<br />
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Now A Widow Tends A Graveside With Two Orphans By Her Side<br />
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He fought for peace and freedom<br />
And for this he lived and died