Back Home In Derry Lyrics - Singles - Seven Nations

Back Home In Derry 

(Traditional melody; lyrics by B Sands) 

In 1803 we sailed out to sea 

Out from the sweet town of Derry 

For Australia bound if we didn't all drown 

And the marks of our fetters we carried 

And rusty iron chains we sighed for our wanes 

As our good wives we left home in sorrow 

As the main sails unfurled our curses we hurled 

On the English and thought of tomorrow 

Woah-oh-oh-oh 

I wish I was back home in Derry 

Woah-oh-oh-oh 

I wish I was back home in Derry 

I cursed them to hell as our bough 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 

Our comrades we buried each morning 

And in our own slime we were lost and on time 

Endless nights without dawning