Biography:
Cathie Ryan is a singer and bodhrán player from Detroit, Michigan. Her parents came from Ireland and she is generally seen as an Irish or Celtic musician.
She moved to New York City at age seventeen in order to attend Fordham University. After her divorce her music career began and she joined Cherish the Ladies in 1987. She acted as lead singer at times and in 1995 she started her solo career. Most of her albums were released by Shanachie Records.
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Other songs:
- As The Evening Declines
- At The Foot Of Knocknarea
- Be Like The Sea
- Carrick
- Daddy
- Dark Moll Of The Glen
- Eveline
- Fare Thee Well
- Follow The Heron
- Garden Valley
- Go From My Window
- Home Sweet Home
- Im Going Back
- In My Tribe
- In The Wishing Well
- Its A Long Road That Has No Turn
- Libertys Sweet Shore
- Love And Freedom
- May The Road Rise To Meet You
- Ned Of The Hill
- Rathlin Island
- Rock Me To Sleep Mother
- Rough And Rocky
- Shades Of Gloria
- So Heres To You
- Somewhere Along The Road
- The 12Th Of July
- The Lights Of San Francisco
- The Wild Flowers
- Understanding Love
- What Will You Do Love
- When Detroit Was Burning
- White Dress
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[Intro]
A
[Verse]
There was a fire in the sky over Gratiot
D A
You could see it all the way from Springwells
E F#m
Standing on the front lawn in the blackness
E
Holding fast to mama's knees
The whole block on the street
A
When Detroit was burning
[Verse]
Dad said this had been coming for sometime
D A
The black guys on the line had told him so
E F#m
The city of the ghettoes burned on fire
E
There was nothing on the news
But all the neighbours knew
A
When Detroit was burning
[Chorus]
D F#m
When Detroit was burning, burning
D E
When Detroit was burning, burning down
[Verse]
A
There were no kids in the park on Saturday
D A
The Guardsmen set up tents under the swings
E F#m
They drove their jeeps around Vernor Highway
E
Then they'd go downtown at night
To shoot everything in sight
A
When Detroit was burning
[Bridge]
D A
I was just a little girl playing with my friends
D E
I didn't know what it meant to live in a black kid's skin
D E
I'm older now and there's still so much I don't understand
[Instrumental]
A D A E F#m E A
[Verse]
The farmer's market's thriving down on Gratiot
D A
But there's fire in the night around Springwells
E F#m
Detroit wasn't reborn from the ashes
E
It's been nearly thirty years
And hate's still living here
A
Where Detroit was burning
[Chorus]
D F#m
When Detroit was burning, burning
D E
When Detroit was burning, burning down
Bm F#m
Our hometown burning down
A
[Verse]
There was a fire in the sky over Gratiot
D A
You could see it all the way from Springwells
E F#m
Standing on the front lawn in the blackness
E
Holding fast to mama's knees
The whole block on the street
A
When Detroit was burning
[Verse]
Dad said this had been coming for sometime
D A
The black guys on the line had told him so
E F#m
The city of the ghettoes burned on fire
E
There was nothing on the news
But all the neighbours knew
A
When Detroit was burning
[Chorus]
D F#m
When Detroit was burning, burning
D E
When Detroit was burning, burning down
[Verse]
A
There were no kids in the park on Saturday
D A
The Guardsmen set up tents under the swings
E F#m
They drove their jeeps around Vernor Highway
E
Then they'd go downtown at night
To shoot everything in sight
A
When Detroit was burning
[Bridge]
D A
I was just a little girl playing with my friends
D E
I didn't know what it meant to live in a black kid's skin
D E
I'm older now and there's still so much I don't understand
[Instrumental]
A D A E F#m E A
[Verse]
The farmer's market's thriving down on Gratiot
D A
But there's fire in the night around Springwells
E F#m
Detroit wasn't reborn from the ashes
E
It's been nearly thirty years
And hate's still living here
A
Where Detroit was burning
[Chorus]
D F#m
When Detroit was burning, burning
D E
When Detroit was burning, burning down
Bm F#m
Our hometown burning down
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