[00:00.94]
[00:04.94]Oh, I know a wee spot
[00:09.51]'tis a place of great fame
[00:15.76]And it lies to the North
[00:20.88]now I'll tell you it's name
[00:27.01]It's my own native birthplace
[00:31.88]and it's on Irish soil
[00:38.51]And they call it lovely Derry
[00:43.26]on the banks of the Foyle
[00:49.32]
[00:49.63]Now, I courted a young man
[00:54.63]and his age was nineteen
[01:00.75]He was the fairest young man
[01:05.88]that ever you've seen
[01:12.00]He was tall he was handsome
[01:17.00]and his hair black as coal
[01:23.38]And he came from lovely Derry
[01:28.13]on the banks of the Foyle
[01:33.94]
[01:34.25]But now cruel misfortune
[01:39.13]drove me from my own home
[01:45.38]'Twas my fate in deep sorrow
[01:50.50]for to sail o'er the foam
[01:56.69]And now from dark strangers
[02:01.69]in grief I recoil
[02:07.82]And I pine for lovely Derry
[02:12.57]on the banks of the Foyle
[03:02.74]
[03:03.05]I was fearing another
[03:08.05]had a place in his heart
[03:14.17]And that from me my darling
[03:19.05]forever would part
[03:25.17]That no more he would brighten
[03:30.17]with his sweet sunny smile
[03:36.30]My dear home in lovely Derry
[03:41.30]on the banks of Foyle
[03:46.98]
[03:47.29]But a wee bird came flying
[03:52.17]from over the sea
[03:58.42]And he brought me a letter
[04:03.31]from my true love to see
[04:09.56]Saying 'Come home, my darling
[04:14.56]to your own native soil
[04:20.81]And we'll wed in lovely Derry
[04:25.81]on the banks of the Foyle'
[04:31.50]
[04:31.81]Now when I make a fortune
[04:36.81]then it's home I will go
[04:43.06]To the dear land of my childhood
[04:48.06]to the sweetheart I know
[04:54.31]And we'll live in a mansion
[04:59.18]and no more will we toil
[05:05.30]Far away from lovely Derry
[05:10.18]on the banks of the Foyle
[05:16.30]Far away from lovely Derry
[05:21.43]on the banks of the Foyle