MISTER O'NEILL

Was a scarey childhood story of bloodshed and deceit
A man and his brother and his wife in-between.
The only survivor in the dawns early light
MISTER O'NEILL

He sailed on a steamship, leaving his fair homeland
His Mum, she was cryin', would never see him again.
Escaped to the free world, where no one would know....

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When I asked of this legend, my Grandfather wouldn't say a thing.
But we shared the same surname
With pirates and killers and kings.
A proud American clan
Still, I felt akin to

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bridge			Walked through the tall grasses
			That covered the land of my claim
			Stumbled upon an old tombstone
			Bearing my family's name
			I summoned the Parson
			Who said, it was true

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