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 butter 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 death 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