| When my love said to me
|
| Meet me down by the gallow tree
|
| For it’s sad news I bring
|
| About this old town and all that it’s offering
|
| Some say troubles abound
|
| Some day soon they’re gonna pull the old town down
|
| One day we’ll return here
|
| When the Belfast Child sings again
|
| Brothers, sisters, where are you now?
|
| As I look for you right through the crowd
|
| All my life here I’ve spent
|
| With my faith in God the Church and the Government
|
| But there’s sadness abound
|
| Some day soon they’re gonna pull the old town down
|
| One day we’ll return here
|
| When the Belfast Child sings again
|
| When the Belfast Child sings again
|
| So come back Billy, won’t you come on home?
|
| Come back Mary, you’ve been away so long
|
| The streets are empty, and your mother’s gone
|
| The girls are crying, it’s been oh so long
|
| And your father’s calling, come on home
|
| Won’t you come on home, won’t you come on home?
|
| Come back people, you’ve been gone a while
|
| And the war is raging, through the Emerald Isle
|
| That’s flesh and blood man, that’s flesh and blood
|
| All the girls are crying but all’s not lost
|
| The streets are empty, the streets are cold
|
| Won’t you come on home, won’t you come on home?
|
| The streets are empty
|
| Life goes on
|
| One day we’ll return here
|
| When the Belfast Child sings again
|
| When the Belfast Child sings again |