Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Back Home in Derry , by - Scythian. Song from the album Old Tin Can, in the genre Музыка мираRelease date: 20.05.2015
Record label: No Name
Song language: English
Back Home in Derry |
| In 1803 we sailed out to sea |
| Out from the sweet town of Derry |
| Australia bound if we didn’t all drown |
| And the marks of our fetters we carried |
| In the rusty iron chains we sighed for our wains |
| As our good wives we left in sorrow |
| As the mainsails unfurled our curses we hurled |
| At the English and thoughts of tomorrow |
| Oh Oh Oh Oh I wish I was back home in Derry |
| Oh Oh Oh Oh I wish I was back home in Derry |
| I cursed them to hell as our bow fought the swell |
| Our ship danced like a moth in the firelights |
| 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 |
| We buried our comrades each morning |
| In our own slime we were lost in a time |
| Endless night without dawning |
| Oh Oh Oh Oh I wish I was back home in Derry |
| Oh Oh Oh Oh I wish I was back home in Derry |
| Van Dieman’s land is a hell for a man |
| To live out his life in slavery |
| When the climate is raw and the gun makes the law |
| Neither wind nor rain cares for bravery |
| Twenty years have gone by and I’ve ended me bond |
| And comrades' ghosts are behind me A rebel I came and I’ll die the same |
| On the cold winds of night you will find me Oh Oh Oh Oh I wish I was back home in Derry |
| Oh Oh Oh Oh I wish I was back home in Derry |
| Oh Oh Oh Oh I wish I was back home in Derry |
| Oh Oh Oh Oh I wish I was back home in Derry |
| Yeah, yeah |