Back Home In Derry Lyrics

Back Home In Derry
(Traditional melody; lyrics by B Sands)In 1803 we sailed out to sea
Out from the sweet town of Derry
For Australia bound if we didn't all drown
And the marks of our fetters we carried
And rusty iron chains we sighed for our wanes
As our good wives we left home in sorrow
As the main sails unfurled our curses we hurled
On the English and thought of tomorrowWoah-oh-oh-oh
I wish I was back home in Derry
Woah-oh-oh-oh
I wish I was back home in DerryI cursed them to hell as our bough fought the swell
Our ship danced like a moth in the firelight
White horses rode high as the Devil passed by
Taking souls to Hades by twilight
Five weeks out to sea we were now forty-three
Our comrades we buried each morning
And in our own slime we were lost and on time

Endless nights without dawning