2024-04-20T04:43:36Z https://thewildgeese.irish/video/video/listTagged?tag=Cunningham&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-06-13:6442157:Video:26055 2013-06-13T03:27:26.163Z Kent Williams https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/KentWilliams

<a href="https://thewildgeese.irish/video/the-emigrant-jfk-larry-cunningham"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/59809567?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>Irish American history in Song - Listen to the great Larry Cunningham(1938-2012)<br></br> <br></br> An Irish lad from Dunganstown,The Atlantic he would cross<br></br> <br></br> He parted with his family on the quayside at New Ross<br></br> <br></br> His Mother smiled a Mothers tears as Irish Mothers do<br></br> <br></br> She said goodbye God speed you son my blessings go with you<br></br> <br></br> And so a…

<a href="https://thewildgeese.irish/video/the-emigrant-jfk-larry-cunningham"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/59809567?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Irish American history in Song - Listen to the great Larry Cunningham(1938-2012)<br /> <br /> An Irish lad from Dunganstown,The Atlantic he would cross<br /> <br /> He parted with his family on the quayside at New Ross<br /> <br /> His Mother smiled a Mothers tears as Irish Mothers do<br /> <br /> She said goodbye God speed you son my blessings go with you<br /> <br /> And so a lad named Kennedy Departed o'er the sea<br /> <br /> Just another Emigrant or so it seemed to be<br /> <br /> Little did he realise that through him one fine day<br /> <br /> By destiny a Kennedy would rule the USA<br /> <br /> He got a job and later on when he moved out of town<br /> <br /> He met and wed an Irish lass and soon they settled down<br /> <br /> His son he Married Irish blood his grandson did the same<br /> <br /> He wed the rose of Boston Gael Fitzgerald was her name<br /> <br /> Another generation passed another World wide War<br /> <br /> Then Fitzgerald-Kennedy became a Senator<br /> <br /> He fought that great Election in that land so far away<br /> <br /> When the people named him president all Irish hearts were gay<br /> <br /> The great John F to Europe came in 1963,<br /> <br /> And everywhere They went they cried we want John Kennedy<br /> <br /> He visited the Emerald Isle where many years before<br /> <br /> An Irish lad from Dunganstown sailed from old Erins shore<br /> <br /> A Bullet From A Rifle John F Kennedy Was Dead,<br /> <br /> The World It Stood In Silence As The News Was Told And Read<br /> <br /> Now A Widow Tends A Graveside With Two Orphans By Her Side<br /> <br /> He fought for peace and freedom<br /> And for this he lived and died