Tuam

by Leah Sohotra

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I wrote this song a few years ago for my mother and the survivors of the Magdalene Laundries and Catholic homes for unwed mothers. I dedicate it In loving memory of anyone who has been unceremoniously buried, in one way or another, by corrupt institutions that fed off them.

#MagdaleneLaundries
#RepealTheSeal

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Elahi Elahi lama Sabachthani
Elahi Elahi lama Sabachthani

There bones lie deeply underground asleep in the earthen womb
How many small skulls have been found in the place of the godless Tuam

The warfare on their bodies, just artefacts of sin
Their lives were for the laundries. Christ can't love these children.
Mea culpa
Mea culpa
Six on one who cares
There is no absolution
Kneel and scrub the stairs.

His eyes are on the sparrows flight, though the bones lie under the ground
where is the goddamn sunlight? Dark walls rise all around

He'd take her to the races to see the greyhounds run
Her head was in their cages and the evil that was done
Mea culpa
Mea culpa
Six on one who cares
There is no absolution
Kneel and scrub the stairs.

There bones lie deeply underground asleep in the earthen womb
How many small skulls have been found in the place of the godless Tuam

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released November 2, 2020
Song written and performed by Leah Sohotra
Harmonies by Martina Stafford
Recording by Kitten Lane Studios
Remastering by Brendan Fennessy

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