{"id":1950,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/town-i-loved-so-well-the"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"town-i-loved-so-well-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/town-i-loved-so-well-the\/","title":{"rendered":"TOWN I LOVED SO WELL, THE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In my memory I will always see<br \/>\nThe town that I have loved so well<br \/>\nWhere our school played ball by the gasyard wall<br \/>\nAnd we laughed through the smoke and smell<br \/>\nGoing home in the rain running up the dark lane<br \/>\nPast the jail and down beside the fountain<br \/>\nThose were happy days in so many many ways<br \/>\nIn the town I loved so well<\/p>\n<p>In the early morn the shirt factory horn<br \/>\nCalled women from Creggan, the Moor and the Bog<br \/>\nWhile the men on the dole played a mothers role<br \/>\nFed the children and then walked the dog<br \/>\nAnd when times got rough, there was just about enough<br \/>\nBut they saw it through without complaining<br \/>\nFor deep inside was a burning pride<br \/>\nfor the town I loved so well<\/p>\n<p>There was music there in the Derry air<br \/>\nLike a language that we could all understand<br \/>\nI remember the day when I earned my first pay<br \/>\nas I played in a small pickup band<br \/>\nThere I spent my youth and to tell you the truth<br \/>\nI was sad to leave it all behind me<br \/>\nFor I&#8217;d learned about life and I&#8217;d found a wife<br \/>\nIn the town I loved so well<\/p>\n<p>But when I returned how my eyes were burned<br \/>\nTo see how a town could be brought to it&#8217;s knees<br \/>\nBy the armoured cars and the bombed out bars<br \/>\nAnd the gas that hangs on to every breeze<br \/>\nNow the army&#8217;s installed by that old gasyard wall<br \/>\nAnd the damned barbed wire gets higher and higher<br \/>\nWith their tanks and guns<br \/>\nOh my God, what have they done<br \/>\nTo the town I loved so well<\/p>\n<p>Now the music&#8217;s gone but they carry on<br \/>\nFor their spirit&#8217;s been bruised, never broken<br \/>\nOh, they&#8217;ll not forget still their hearts are set<br \/>\nOn tomorrow and peace once again<br \/>\nNow what&#8217;s done is done and what&#8217;s won is won<br \/>\nAnd what&#8217;s lost is lost and gone forever<br \/>\nI can only pray for a bright brand new day<br \/>\nIn the town I loved so well<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my memory I will always see The town that I have loved so well Where our school played ball by the gasyard wall And we laughed through the smoke and 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