Ronnie Drew & The Dubliners - The Town I Loved So Well
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- Опубликовано: 24 июн 2009
- From a concert by the Dubliners with Paddy Reilly and Jim McCann.
The song is introduced by Paddy and sung by the late great Ronnie Drew,
Of Course the version most people are familar with is the one By the legendary Luke Kelly, Paddy Reilly also had a version of it.
In my memory I will always see
the town that I have loved so well
Where our school played ball by the gasyard wall
and we laughed through the smoke and the smell
Going home in the rain, running up the dark lane
past the jail and down behind the fountain
Those were happy days in so many, many ways
in the town I loved so 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 trained the dogs
And when times got tough there was just about enough
But they saw it through without complaining
For deep inside was a burning pride
in the town I loved so well
There was music there in the Derry air
like a language that we all could understand
I remember the day when I earned my first pay
And I played in a small pick-up band
There I spent my youth and to tell you the truth
I was sad to leave it all behind me
For I learned about life and I'd found a wife
in the town I loved so well
But when I returned how my eyes have 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 tree
Now the army's installed by that old gasyard wall
and the damned barbed wire gets higher and higher
With their tanks and their guns, oh my God, what have they done
to the town I loved so well
Now the music's gone but they carry on
For their spirit's been bruised, never broken
They will not forget but their hearts are 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 loved so well
Written by Phil Coulter
Ronnie Drew was a most unique voice of the Dubliners which completed the group. 🙏
R.i.P. Mr. Ronnie.
Ronnie dew and Luke kelly together your just not beating them what a band ❤❤❤❤
THANK YOU RONNIE RI P YOU WILL LIVE TRUE THE AGES !!!
The best rendition after the man himself ♥
Ronnie Drew NEVER DIE. He will lives in our hearts forever.
Viva Portugal. Viva IRELAND.
The music more feeling and beautiful of all world.
I am a portuguese boy and i love Ireland and his people.
Ronnie Drew is a better singer than any one. The BEST OF the world.
God bless Ronnie and his brothers of Ireland.
Ronnie did remarkably well holding that together. Miss them all so dearly.
From a 'new fan' (of sorts). As long as his voice is heard, he is still 'among the living'.
RONNIE WAS ALWAYS & ALWAYS WILL BE THE VOICE OF THE DUBLINERS
Music doesn't get any better than this
Massive tribute to luke🌹
...thank you Dubliners, for all those moments that never will be forgotten! You have helped me and many others!
All the Dubliners great over generations but Ronnie Drew . the loss makes you cry.thank God they are on utube etc
I love this song . It’s my fathers song. Ronnie you do it so well.❤️
great singing by ronnie drew RIP long live the dubliners
I loved Ronnie's rendition..he is to me the epitome
Irish Genious so proud to be Irish rest in peace Ronnie.
Luke, I still love you, please don't think me disloyal when I say I love this version too.
Was recently standing in Derry listening to a local Busker doing a fair job of playing and singing this. Love this song, and remembering Derry in most of my adult life, it tells a story so meaningfully. Ronnie does a great job with his earthy voice, and emotional rendering