Back Home In Derry-Christy Moore

[ti:Back Home In Derry] [ar:Christy Moore] [al:Ride On] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Back Home In Derry - Christy Moore [00:19.19]In 1803 we sailed out to sea [00:23.06]Out from the sweet town of Derry [00:26.80]For Australia bound if we didn't all drown [00:30.42]And the marks of our fetters we carried [00:34.47]In our rusty iron chains we cried for our weans [00:38.09]Our good women we left in sorrow [00:41.90]As the mainsails unfurled our curses we hurled [00:45.65]On the English and thoughts of tomorrow [00:49.51]At the mouth of the Foyle bid farewell to the soil [00:55.00]As down below decks we were lying [00:59.00]O'Doherty screamed woken out of a dream [01:02.68]By a vision of bold Robert dying [01:07.05]The sun burned cruel as we dished out the gruel [01:10.36]Dan O'Connor was down with a fever [01:14.16]Sixty rebels today bound for Botany Bay [01:18.09]How many will meet their reciever [01:21.84] [01:23.96]Oh I wish I was back home in Derry [01:31.63]Oh I wish I was back home in Derry [01:41.06]I cursed them to hell as her bow fought the swell [01:44.49]Our ship danced like a moth in the firelight [01:48.42]White horses rode high as the devil passed by [01:52.04]Taking souls to Hades by twilight [01:55.97]Five weeks out to sea we were now forty-three [01:59.53]We buried our comrades each morning [02:03.71]In our own slime we were lost in a time [02:07.40]Of endless night without dawning [02:09.26] [02:11.64]Oh I wish I was back home in Derry [02:20.84]Oh I wish I was back home in Derry [02:30.45]Van Diemen's land is a hell for a man [02:34.01]To end out his whole life in slavery [02:37.75]Where the climate is raw and the gun makes the law [02:41.62]Neither wind nor rain care for bravery [02:45.36]Twenty years have gone by I've ended my bond [02:49.23]My comrades ghosts walk behind me [02:53.04] [02:53.73]A rebel I came I'm still the same [02:56.78]On the cold winters night you will find me [03:00.71] [03:02.90]Oh I wish I was back home in Derry [03:10.50]Oh I wish I was back home in Derry [03:18.17] [03:19.22]Oh I wish I was back home in Derry