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 [00:09.45]As the train pulls out today from Derry city [00:15.74] [00:18.07]A thousand memories linger in my mind [00:24.35] [00:26.23]Why do I need to go it's such a pity [00:32.72] [00:34.44]And all the dear old friends I leave behind [00:40.69] [00:42.18]As I gaze beyond the harbor I'm recalling [00:48.91] [00:50.92]Familiar names like Doherty and Coyle [00:57.64] [00:59.30]Through misty eyes [01:01.27]I feel the teardrops falling [01:06.62] [01:07.81]Goodbye to my old hometown on the Foyle [01:14.24] [01:24.66]The spire of Saint Eugene's seems to vanish [01:31.70] [01:32.75]In the distance over the city over so high [01:40.12] [01:41.32]My childhood thought [01:43.39]I never wanted to vanish [01:48.34] [01:49.17]When I wondered if they reached to the sky [01:55.82] [01:57.46]Many thousand miles [02:00.03]I've travelled on my journey [02:04.74] [02:06.15]To a new home on the wild Austrailian soil [02:13.56] [02:14.75]But never can I hope to lose the yearning [02:20.99] [02:22.73]To return to my old hometown on the Foyle [02:29.98] [02:31.83]Never can I hope to lose the yearning [02:37.86] [02:39.51]To return to my old hometown on the Foyle