"Memories of Moville"

A beautiful song from Patsy Cavanagh's album "Shades of Ireland", full of haunting memories of Moville.

"Shades of Ireland" - a CD packed with thirteen songs, most written by Patsy, about childhood, religious intolerance, famine, emigration and growing old. It includes "Foyle Waters" and "Memories of Moville" - songs about his native town, Moville.

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The lyrics ..............

The evening sun is at my back, the city far behind me
Each turn along that winding road brings memories to me still
The summer's in her majesty, she's woke a yearning in me
Spend a while with friends of old, in my hometown of Moville

Out in the bay a tanker lay, awaiting on directions
The Pilot left the Upper Pier to guide the stranger home
And football teams in red and green were playing in the Bay Field
I met a friend from yesteryear going down the River Row

Ah, Moville, it's been a long time, it's good to be remembered
I know that you can't see my shadow, standing in your Square
The evening's fine, we'll take a walk, I'll meet you at St. Eugenes
We'll go down by Glenburnie and come up the shore from there

Along the Foyle the fishing boats were making their way homeward
Across The Green the laughter of children at their game
The spire of St Columbs split the sky up to the northland
An old man rested for a while at Ballynally Lane

I write these words for everyone whose lived among these places
From fields and farms around here, from shore land to the hill
I wrote them on a summer's day, it woke a yearning in me
I've carried with me all the while my memories of Moville

Ah, Moville, it's been a long time, it's good to be remembered
I know that you can't see my shadow, standing in your Square
The evening's fine, we'll take a walk, I'll meet you at St. Eugenes
We'll go down by Glenburnie and come up the shore from there

Words and music © Patsy Cavanagh (2003) - posted with the permission of Patsy Cavanagh