The Town I Loved So Well-John McCormack

[ti:The Town I Loved So Well] [ar:John McCormack] [al:The Great Voices Of Ireland] [offset:0] [00:00.87]In my memory i will always see [00:11.88]The town that i have loved so well [00:19.88] [00:21.83]Where our school played ball by the gas yard wall [00:28.34] [00:29.22]And they laughed through the smoke and the smell [00:36.79] [00:37.99]Going home in the rain running up the dark lane [00:44.49]Past the jail and down behind the fountain [00:51.67] [00:53.52]Those were happy days in so many many ways [01:01.57] [01:02.23]In the town i loved so well [01:10.04] [01:12.49]In the early morning the shirt factory horn [01:19.21] [01:19.97]Called women from creggan the moor and the bog [01:26.19] [01:27.53]While the men on the dole played a mother's role [01:33.18] [01:33.79]Fed the children and then walked the dog [01:40.09] [01:41.37]And when times got tough there was just about enough [01:48.35]And they saw it through without complaining [01:54.62] [01:56.17]For deep inside was a burning pride [02:04.01] [02:05.16]In the town i loved so well [02:13.87] [02:17.49]There was music there in the derry air [02:24.99] [02:26.03]Like a language that we all could understand [02:33.68] [02:35.13]I remember the day that i earned my first pay [02:41.77] [02:42.47]When i played in a small pick up band [02:49.50] [02:50.86]There i spent my youth and to tell you the truth [02:57.38]I was sad to leave it all behind me [03:04.10] [03:06.04]For i learned about life and i found a wife [03:15.10]In the town i loved so well [03:22.96] [03:26.51]But when i returned how my eyes have burned [03:33.33] [03:34.40]To see how a town could be brought to it's knees [03:40.55] [03:41.62]By the armoured cars and the bombed out bars [03:47.83]And the gas that hangs on to every breeze [03:54.46] [03:57.06]Now the army's installed by that old gas yard wall [04:04.47]And the damned barbed wire gets higher and higher [04:10.98] [04:12.29]With their tanks and their guns [04:16.15] [04:17.31]Oh my god what have they done [04:21.32] [04:22.61]To the town i loved so well [04:30.54] [04:34.11]Now the music's gone but they carry on [04:41.35] [04:42.79]For their spirits been bruised never broken [04:49.20] [04:51.20]They will not forget but their hearts are set [04:57.53] [04:58.59]On tomorrow and peace once again [05:06.36] [05:07.59]For what's done is done and what's won is won [05:14.46]And what's lost is lost and gone for ever [05:20.48] [05:21.18]I can only pray for a bright brand new day [05:29.86] [05:30.48]In the town i love so well [05:42.20]The Town I Loved So Well - John McCormack [05:43.54]