The Town I Loved So Well
THE TOWN I LOVED SO WELL
This popular classic was written and performed by Phil Coulter and also the Dubliners. This Irish song relates to Phil Coulter’s life growing up in the poor streets of Derry in the North of Ireland.
The later verses of the songs deal with the onset of the Irish Troubles. Derry bore a large part of the conflict, especially in the early days when British soldiers shot dead 14 unarmed civilians which became known as Bloody Sunday.
In my [G] memo[Am] ry I will [C] always [G] see
The [C] town that [G] I have loved so [D] well
Where our [G] school played [D] ball by the [C] Gas-yard [G] wall
And we [C] laughed through the [G] smoke [D] and the [G] smell
Going [Em] home in the [D] rain, running [C] up the dark [G] lane
Past the [C] jail and [Am7] down behind the [D] fountain
Those were [G] happy [D] days, in so [C] many, many [G] ways
In the [C] town I [G] loved [D] so [G] well
In the early morning the Shirt Factory horn
Called women from Creggan, The Moor and The Bog
While the men on the dole played a mother’s role
Fed the children, and then walked the roads
And when times got rough there was just about enough
But they saw it through without complaining
For deep inside was a burning pride
For the town I love so well
There was music there in the Derry air
Like a language that we could all understand
I remember the day, when I earned my first pay
As I played in the small pick-up band
Then I spent my youth, and to tell you the truth
I was sad to leave it all behind me
For I’d learned about life and I’d found me a wife
In the town I loved so well
But when I returned, how my eyes were burned
To see how a town could be brought to its knees
By the armoured cars and the bombed out bars
And the gas that hangs on to every breeze
Now the Army’s installed by the old Gas-yard wall
And the damned barbed wire gets higher and higher
With their tanks and guns, oh my God what have they done
To the town I love so well
Now the music’s gone, but they still carry-on
Though their spirit’s gone, but never broken
They will not forget for their hearts are all set
On tomorrow, and peace once again
For what’s done is done, and what’s won is won
And what’s lost is lost and gone forever
I can only pray for a bright brand new day
In the town I love so well
Tags: irish song, irish song lyric, irish folk song, irish pub song, derry, phil coulter
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March 17th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
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April 5th, 2007 at 2:12 am
really thank u i’ve search for ages to find some irish popular music notes especially “the town i loved so well”