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No Home

by Joby Fox

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Throughout my work with refugees it struck me the parallel between current victims of forced migration and Irish population of the 1840s. Having witnessed first-hand the desperation of whole families and communities, and indeed countries, my imagination brought me vicariously to the trauma of my Irish ancestors. There is a line where I sing “I curse the English profiteers”. I want to be careful to make the point that I’m not condemning all English people of that time, because they themselves suffered from the class system, and still do, to this day; In that way we all stand together.

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Just as the wind and I blew town
And the rain and the hail came tumbling down

No magic in the meadows air
Now I’ve lost my home and I won’t return

No home
To go

Just pale-faced and a pain inside
My stomach hurts my weans cried

From the place that I had called my home
Cast out on the road just skin and bone

No home
To go

No home
To go

I curse the English profiteers
That ground us down throughout the years

Ooooohhhhhh…

We boarded ships in wretched hell
With the fear in our hearts as the night it fell

We plunged ourselves to the mercy of the sea
As the tears come crashing out of me

No home
To go

No home
To go

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released January 2, 2023
Written and performed by Joby Fox
Søren Mikkelsen on piano.
Produced, mixed and mastered by Søren Mikkelsen in Medley Studios Copenhagen

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Joby Fox Belfast, UK

Joby Fox is an international artist born in Belfast. He has worked professionally in music since 1980, starting out in Punk with The Bankrobbers. Joby is an accomplished songwriter, storyteller and performer. Contemporary folk and pop, and the traditional sounds of Ireland are at the roots of his vibrant songs, often with hard-hitting lyrics wrapped up in beautiful melodies. ... more

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