Hometown On The Foyle-Brian Coll

[ti:Hometown on the Foyle] [ar:Brian Coll] [al:Country Calling] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hometown On The Foyle - Brian Coll [00:09.56]As the train pulls out today from derry city [00:15.05] [00:18.12]A thousand memories linger in my mind [00:23.63] [00:26.22]Why do i need to go it's such a pity [00:32.01] [00:34.37]And all the dear old friends i leave behind [00:39.84] [00:42.19]As i gaze beyond the harbor i'm recalling [00:47.80] [00:50.91]Familiar names like doherty and coyle [00:56.91] [00:59.31]Through misty eyes [01:01.30]I feel the teardrops falling [01:05.24] [01:07.81]Goodbye to my old hometown on the foyle [01:13.63] [01:24.69]The spire of saint eugene's seems to vanish [01:30.26] [01:32.78]In the distance over the city over so high [01:38.80] [01:41.29]My childhood thought [01:43.31]I never wanted to vanish [01:47.38] [01:49.26]When i wondered if they reached to the sky [01:54.87] [01:57.56]Many thousand miles [02:00.02]I've travelled on my journey [02:03.26] [02:06.30]To a new home on the wild austrailian soil [02:11.83] [02:14.70]But never can i hope to lose the yearning [02:20.40] [02:22.71]To return to my old hometown on the foyle [02:29.29] [02:31.79]Never can i hope to lose the yearning [02:37.44] [02:39.54]To return to my old hometown on the foyle