Christy Moore - On A Single Day lyrics

A list of exports from Cork Harbour On a single day The fourteenth of September, Eighteen Forty-Seven Ran as follows: 147 barrels of pork 986 casks of ham 27 sacks of bacon 528 boxes of eggs 1, 397 firkins of bu*ter 477 sacks of oats 720 sacks of flour 380 sacks of barley 187 head of cattle 296 head of sheep, and 4, 338 barrels of miscellaneous provisions On a single day The ships sailed out from Cork Harbour With their bellies in the water On a single day in County Galway The great majority of the poor located there Were in a state of starvation Many hourly expecting d**h to relieve their suffering On a single day The Lady Mayoress held a ball At the Mansion House in Dublin In the presence of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Dancing continued until the early hours And refreshments of the most varied and sumptuous Nature Were supplied with inexhaustible profusion On a single day On a single day It's about time this little country of ours had a bit Of peace