Story Behind The Song
Inspired by one family's young men leaving Ireland for Amercia
Song Description
Folk ballad with bouzouki and whistle
| Song Length |
5:29 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, World - Celtic |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Moving |
Subject |
General, Sadness |
| Language |
English |
Era |
1990 - 1999 |
Lyrics
Singing God Bless America from a barefoot hill
Rain and tears were her only tune singing the
saddest of farwells
Now she smiles through the soft days by the hard
days still remain
As she thinks of those who never will return to the
Roaring Water Bay.
Thirty years worth of letters home from New York state
Photographs from across the world causes to cheer
The lonely heart
How she wished she could see them all on the
Streets of Skibbereen
But she knows the brothers never will return to her
Irish home again.
On the Bay
On the Roaring Water Bay
Born of the blood
And Irish ways
Singing God bless America the young men came
Irish hearts with their Yankee words dancing in
Dublin in the rain
Heading south on the West Coast road as they
Search to find their names
It's a long way down from Newark through to Cork
And the Roaring Water Bay