The Black Donnellys's lyrics & chords

FIRST the Black Donnellys were an Irish family that were brutally slaughtered at their Farmhouse outside Lucan (near London), Ontario, Canada in 1880 by a mob Tipperary Irish farmers. They were chopped up and burned along with their home. The rest of the family were murdered at different locations around Ontario, shot and stabbed. There is evidence of mutilation, beheading and the utterance of curses. They and their feud are a local legend. Kids used to drink at their communal cenotaph in the Lucan cemetery. The Black Donnellys are...read more