Garden Valley Lyrics
Cara DillonMusic Video
Garden Valley
This is really not my home
Oh where are you my lovely Johnny?
I'm afraid and all alone
There's no peace for me
I'm sitting in the stranger's room
Playing at the stranger's table
Shining empty like the moon
There's no peace for me
But in the darkness struggle cold
I think about a garden valley
Gentle as the leaves unfold
Singing out across the bay
Distant and so far away
There's no peace for me
I'm blinded by your city lights
I wander through these fearful places
Colours fade to black and white
There's no peace for me
And these are not the friends I know
These are not their smiling faces
In a desert that no-one should know
There's no peace for me
But in the darkness struggle cold
I think about a garden valley
Gentle as the leaves unfold
Singing out across the bay
Distant and so far away
There's no peace for me
[Instrumental]
Now I know and feel it well
Poor immigrants deep sunken feeling
Standing at the gates of Hell
There's no peace for me
Burned out by their master's greed
Cruel exile transportation
Robbed of every love and need
There's no peace for me
But in the darkness struggle cold
I think about the garden valley
Gentle as the leaves unfold
Singing out across the bay
Distant and so far away
There's no peace for me
There's no peace for me
Song Details
🎶 Songwriter: Dougie MacLean - Scottish singer, songwriter, composer, and musician.
📝 Song Brief: The song tells the story of an Irish immigrant who is longing for her homeland and her beloved Johnny. She feels lonely, afraid, and hopeless in a strange and hostile land. She dreams of a garden valley, a symbol of peace and beauty, offering comfort in the face of grief. The song touches on the pain of exile and the suffering of people driven from their homes by hardship and injustice, echoing themes found in many Irish emigration songs.
🏴 Genre: Folk Song
🎤 Featured Artist: Cara Dillon - Irish folk singer from Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
💿 Album: After The Morning
Released: 27 February, 2006
Country: Great Britain
Format: CD
Label: Rough Trade
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- Emigrants Farewell, The — A song about Irish Emigration to the United States in the 1850s and 1860s with hopes of finding work and a brighter future for their families and loved ones.
- Streets Of Derry — A traditional Irish ballad telling of love, loyalty, and hardship, with the story of a young woman standing by her imprisoned lover.
- Upon a Winter’s Night — A soft seasonal song that captures the calm and comfort of winter, with themes of warmth, peace, and the beauty of the season.
