Cold And Dark (featuring Nanci Hobson)

“From the mid-1920s until the early 1970s thousands of Irish children officially in the care of the state were subjected to a double regime of sexual abuse and wageless slavery. Ireland’s notorious industrial schools and orphanages all run by Catholic orders were home to boys and girls who had been officially declared criminals by the courts.”

Henry McDonald, Ireland Correspondent
The Guardian, Wednesday 20 May 2009

“At Goldenbridge many complainants spoke of the ordeal of being sent to the landing for punishment. Children who had done something that the staff deemed to be wrong were told they were to be punished that evening. They had to line up on the landing at bedtime, after they had changed into their nightclothes, and wait to be beaten. The landing was cold and dark.”

Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (20th May 2009) Volume 2, Chapter 7, Section 7.93

This is a Wojo (Woody and Jethro) recording of a new Woody song with special guest vocalist Nanci Hobson. A big thank you to Nanci for giving this song liftoff with her soaring vocals!