Clogherhead song recorded by Fintan Stanley

Two friends they met in a foreign land, a land across the sea,
And one of them sailed from Clogherhead shore,
Had landed there that day.
After a shake hands and a friendly drink,
The other murmered low,
"Come tell me about the old home town,
Come tell me all you know".

Chorus

Is Clogherhead like it used to be?
Is the pier still there?
Do the boys and the girls go round the Head,
In the evening so fair?
Is my boyhood place as it used to be?
Are my friends all right?
Oh, what would I give to be with them
In Clogherhead to-night.

He talked about his girl back home
And murmered with a sigh,
"If she had been more kind to me,
I'd never have said goodbye",
The tears came rolling down his cheeks,
His heart was sad and sore,
But his sigh quickly turned to a smile of joy,
As he said to me once more.

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