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A look at one family's decision to leave during the potato famine.

A Better Place Than Here (by Eddie Biggins)

We lost Dan O’Donnell Thursday night The last of his family, don’t you know After all this tragedy, I’m giving up the fight It’s time to pack our things and go

(chorus) So we’ll sail the open sea Though we’re full of doubt and fear In the morning, we’ll away To find a better place than here

So many have died these last few years This famine has taken many friends We have dug too many graves and shed too many tears There’s only one way this all ends

(chorus)

I wrote to my uncle in the States In hopes maybe we can stay with him If we stay in Ireland, we’ve surely sealed our fates The future here is looking grim

(chorus)

We can’t grow potatoes anymore And what we can grow, we cannot own We must try to build a life upon another shore Together braving the unknown

Chorus (x2)

We lost Dan O’Donnell Thursday night...