Biography:
Christy Moore, a native of Co. Kildare, Ireland, found fame as a member of the legendary tradition folk band Planxty. Since then he has carved out his own career as a consummate solo performer. In the 1980s Christy teamed up with Donal Lunny to form the innovative Moving Hearts.
Christy Moore started in the music business in the mid-sixties, when his life as a bank clerk was interrupted by a bank strike, and he moved to England. There he became involved in the folk music scene at the time
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Other songs:
- Natives
- Spancil Hill
- The Lakes Of Pontchartrain
- A Pair Of Brown Eyes
- Aisling
- All I Remember
- Allende
- Among The Wicklow Hills
- Apair Of Brown Eyes
- Arthur Macbride
- As I Roved Out
- Back Home In Derry
- Barrowland
- Biko Drum
- Black Is The Colour
- Black Jack County Chain
- Bright Blue Rose
- Casey
- City Of Chicago
- Cliffs Of Dooneen
- Continental Ceili
- Cry Like A Man
- Delirium Tremens
- Does This Train Stop On Merseyside
- Dunnes Stores
- El Salvador
- Fairytale Of New York
- Faithful Departed
- Follow Me Up To Carlow
- Galtee Mountain Boy
- Go Move Shift
- Hey Sandy
- Irish Ways And Irish Laws
- John Odreams
- Johnny Dont Go To Ballincollig
- Joxer Goes To Stuttgart
- Lakes Of Pontchartrain
- Lisdoonvarna And Ill Tell Me Ma
- Little Musgrave
- Mary From Dungloe
- Matty
- Missing You
- Motherland
- My Little Honda 50
- Nancy Spain
- No Time For Love
- North And South Of The River
- On Morecambe Bay
- One Last Cold Kiss
- Only Our Rivers Run Free
- Ordinary Man
- Quiet Desperation
- Reel In The Flickering Light
- Ride On
- Scapegoats
- Smoke And Strong Whiskey
- So Do I
- St Brendans Voyage
- The Boy From Tamlaghduff
- The Contender
- The Craic Was Ninety In The Isle Of Man
- The Curragh Of Kildare
- The Dying Soldier
- The Mad Lady And Me
- The Night Visit
- The Time Has Come
- The Two Conneeleys
- The Voyage
- They Never Came Home
- Tyrone Boys
- Veronica
- Viva La Quinta Brigada
- Weekend In Amsterdam
- Welcome To The Cabaret
Four years of hard work!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Verse 1]
Am C
In eighteen-o-three we sailed out to sea
G D Am
Out from the sweet town of Derry
Am C
For Australia bound, if we didn't all drown
G D Am
The marks of our fetters we carried
D C
In our rusty iron chains we cried for our weans
D Em
Our good women we left in sorrow
Am C
As the main sails unfurled, our curses we hurled
G D Am
On the English and thoughts of tomorrow
[Verse 2]
Am C
At the mouth of the Foyle, bade farewell to the soil
G D Am
As down below decks we were lying
Am C
O'Doherty screamed, woken out of a dream
G D Am
By a vision of bold Robert dying
D C
The sun burnt cruel as we dished out the gruel
D Em
Dan O'Conner was down with a fever
Am C
Sixty rebels today, bound for Botany Bay
G D Am
How many will reach their receiver
[Chorus]
C G Am G Am
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
C G Am G Am
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
[Verse 3]
(same as verse 1)
I cursed them to hell as our bow fought the swell
Our ship danced like a moth in the firelight
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 the time
Endless night without dawning
[Chorus]
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
[Verse 4]
(same as verse 1)
Van Diemen's Land is a hell for a man
To end out his whole life in slavery
Where the climate is raw and a gun makes the law
Neither wind nor rain care for bravery
Twenty years have gone by, I have ended my bond
My comrades' ghosts walk beside me
A rebel I came, I'm still the same
On the cold winds of night you will find me
[Chorus]
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
Am C
In eighteen-o-three we sailed out to sea
G D Am
Out from the sweet town of Derry
Am C
For Australia bound, if we didn't all drown
G D Am
The marks of our fetters we carried
D C
In our rusty iron chains we cried for our weans
D Em
Our good women we left in sorrow
Am C
As the main sails unfurled, our curses we hurled
G D Am
On the English and thoughts of tomorrow
[Verse 2]
Am C
At the mouth of the Foyle, bade farewell to the soil
G D Am
As down below decks we were lying
Am C
O'Doherty screamed, woken out of a dream
G D Am
By a vision of bold Robert dying
D C
The sun burnt cruel as we dished out the gruel
D Em
Dan O'Conner was down with a fever
Am C
Sixty rebels today, bound for Botany Bay
G D Am
How many will reach their receiver
[Chorus]
C G Am G Am
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
C G Am G Am
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
[Verse 3]
(same as verse 1)
I cursed them to hell as our bow fought the swell
Our ship danced like a moth in the firelight
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 the time
Endless night without dawning
[Chorus]
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
[Verse 4]
(same as verse 1)
Van Diemen's Land is a hell for a man
To end out his whole life in slavery
Where the climate is raw and a gun makes the law
Neither wind nor rain care for bravery
Twenty years have gone by, I have ended my bond
My comrades' ghosts walk beside me
A rebel I came, I'm still the same
On the cold winds of night you will find me
[Chorus]
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
