Recorded at Shay’s Studio, April 2005

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On a fine summer’s day,
Walk the East Clare Way
See a chimney piercing the sky.
Well it blows day and night and
The smoke is black and white.
Smell the chimney, piercing the sky.

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Recorded at Shay’s Studio, April 2005

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There’s a balanced view on the Nine O’Clock News
It’s the BBC – it must be true
Sinn Féin are on News At Ten
It’s lip-reading time again.

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Recorded at Shay’s Studio, April 2005

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Well, it’s farewell to Ireland
I’m leaving again.
When this May morning dawns
Another parting will begin
With a sense of hope across the land
For our daughters and our sons.
For the first time in my life
I feel the healing has begun.

I want to see you again.

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Recorded at Shay’s Studio, April 2005

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My brothers and sisters when they reached eighteen years
They caused my mammy to shed many tears.
Yes, my mammy cried when they had to decide
To go over the water.

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Recorded at Shay’s Studio, April 2005

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As I was a-walking
In the North of Belfast
I came to a-talking
With a girl from Belfast

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Recorded at Shay’s Studio, April 2005

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One Night, I was walking alone.
Thought I was talking alone.
So sure I was walking alone,
But I was wrong – oh love in the dark.

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