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Galway Bay

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Lyric + music by Dr. Arthur Colahan ((1947)

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If you ever go across the sea to Ireland
Then maybe at the closing of your day
You will sit and watch the moon rise over Claddagh
And see the sun go down on Galway Bay

Just to hear again the ripple of the trout stream
The women in the meadow making hay
And to sit beside a turf fire in the cabin
And watch the barefoot gossoons at their play

For the breezes blowing o'er the sea to Ireland
Are perfumed by the heather as they blow
And the women in the uplands diggin' praties
Speak a language that the strangers do not know

For the strangers came and tried to teach us their way
They scorned us just for bein' what we are
But they might as well have tried to catch a moonbeam
Or light a penny candle by a star

And if there is going to be a life hereafter
And somehow I am sure there's going to be
I will ask my God if I can make my heaven
In that dear land across the Irish Sea.



A large bay in western Ireland between County Galway and County Clare, Galway is famous for its fishing boats, the Galway Hookers. Black with red sails, they are uniquely designed to weather the strong seas in the bay. Bing Crosby popularized Dr. Colahan's song with a huge hit in 1947.

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from No Strings, released August 22, 2014

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No Strings is a Mother/Son duo recording a wide variety of original songs, jazz standards, rock/pop/country/folk songs + spoken word presentations.

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