Jul 2020
We come from hopeless histories
to America with hope in pockets.
We work like madmen tireless to
earn our keep and feed we Irish.
I feed coal to iron furnaces and
load cargo in ship's hot holds.
We won't starve to death here.
My great grandson scratches
my story into your memory.
to America with hope in pockets.
We work like madmen tireless to
earn our keep and feed we Irish.
I feed coal to iron furnaces and
load cargo in ship's hot holds.
We won't starve to death here.
My great grandson scratches
my story into your memory.
John Donovan came from Ireland. County Cork. He was a beast and worked as a stevedore and iron worker and I never met him but I thank him for his perseverance and his ******* to get me here!
