Lyrics

It’s Boston city that gave me birth ‘tis many years ago
My father came from Ireland from ……. in Mayo
They placed aboard the ship ….. I often heard them say
‘Tis lovely ... harbour at the side of Blacksod Bay

But now that I have come once more to dear old Derry's shore
To seek and find the homestead in the parish of Culmore
To see myself the place they left upon that summer’s day
And lovely ... harbour at the side of Blacksod Bay

I landed down in Binion town where I met people grand
I told them what had brought me back to dear old Ireland
They showed me where my people lived before they went away
Near lovely ... harbour at the side of Blacksod Bay

I stood enchanted by the scene that soon did reach my eye
That lovely land my people left when they were forced to fly
The fields so green the skies so blue upon that summer’s day
And lovely ... harbour at the side of Blacksod Bay

I am going back to Boston town but not there to abide
I’ll take my wife and family across the ocean wild
The evening of my life I’ll spend when I’ll come back to stay
Near lovely ... harbour at the side of Blacksod Bay