Doire Cholm Cille

Nuair a d’fhág an bád inniu ó chathair Dhoire
Scair na mílte smaointe os mo cheann
Ar an ché sheas mo mháthair is mo mhuintir
Iad ag sileadh deoir is ag cur a mbeannacht liom
Siúd thall an teampall mór thar bharr na cathrach
An áit ar umhlaigh mé don chreideamh is don chré
An áit a ndeachaigh mé ar aifreann ann Dé Domhnaigh
Is a Dhia na Glóire Gille ná diúltaigh mé
Tá mé anocht is mé mo luí anseo go brónach
Tá mo thuras thart is tá gach osna liom
Mé ag smaoineamh ar mo dheartháir bhocht i bpríosún
Ina luí i leaba tais i gcampa lom
Mé ag smaoineamh ar mo mháthair bhocht ag caoineadh
Is í fágtha léi féin ag briseadh croí
Ó ní fheicfidh mé níos mó thú a mháthair dhílis
Is a Dhoire Cholm Cille céad slán a choích

English Translation

When the boat left today from Derry city
A thousand thoughts ran through my mind
On the peer stood my mother and people
As they shed tears as we said goodbye
Over there is the church above the city
The place where I kneeled to the religion and Creed
The place where I went to mass on Sunday
God of bright Glory don’t refuse me
Tonight I am sadly lying here
My journey is over and I am sighing
As I think of my poor brother in prison
As he lay in a damp bed in a bare camp
I am thinking about my poor mother weeping
As she’s left alone with her heart breaking
I will never see you again oh dearest mother
And goodbye to Derry City forever

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