Phil Coulter ~ The Town I Loved So Well

This is the most beautiful Irish song ive heard in a long time i spent my time living in Derry it brings back many memories Phil Coulter is a genious God Bless him❤❤.

W.R. legend. ❤❤❤❤ overcome the worst of times...

Your my best friend.

Oh my God 🙏….This song has made me cry so hard! What a beautiful song with so much meaning.. You will so remembered for this song Phil Coulter… from a Corkonian

In my memory I will always see
the town that I have loved so well
where our school played ball by the gas yard wall
and we laughed through the smoke and the smell
Going home in the rain, running up the dark lane,
past ther gaol (jail) and down behind the fountain,
those were happy days in so many, many ways
in the town I loved so well.
In the early morning, the shirt factory horn
callde women from Creggan, the moor and the bog
while their men on the dole played a mother's role
fed the children and then trained the dogs.
And when times got tough, there was just about enough
but they saw it through without complaining
for deep inside was a burning pride
in the town I loved so well
There was music there in the Derry air
like a language that we all could understand
I remember the day when I earned my first pay
when I played in a small pick-up band
there I spent my youth and to tell you the truth
I was sad to leave it all behind me
for I learned about life and I found a wife
in the town I loved so well
But when I returned how my eyes have burned
to see how a town could be brought to its knees
by the armoured cars and the bombed out bars
and the gas that hangs on to every breeze
Now the army's installed by the old gas yard wall
and the damded barbed wire gets higher and higher
with their tanks and their guns oh my God what have they done
to the town I loved so well
Now the music's gone but they carry on
for their spirit's been bruised, never broken
they will not forget but their hearts are set
on tomorrow and peace once again.
For what's done is done and what's won is won
and what's lost is lost and gone forever
I can only pray for a bright, brand new day
in the town I loved so well

this is not merely a song,its a historical vista.

i love derry i was born there good people

He’s playing in Chicago tonight!

The first time I have heard this, it’s a timeless classic !!!

I just love hearing the songs from Ireland. I feel so for the IRISH

I heard the song on the radio and has to listen to it again. The lyrics and his emotional rendition just brought me to a very nostalgic and truly sad place for all of our towns, where ever we grew up. Those times are forever lost to a cold and indifferent world. I feel so much heartache for what our beautiful earth is turning into.

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Wow he was gorgeous when he was young

I just heard this song for the first time, and wow! Exceptional.

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Been to the northern part of Ireland, Donnegal. what a pity need a visa going to this place of brave Irish. The song resound the pain and dream of the Irish people. The dream that one day it will be returned in the Republic and its lovely brave people.

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Retired

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It's very important.

Great song. Humble man.

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A beautifully written song, can't get much better that this tune.

My parents met Phil in 1978

Hard to belive he is 80 now

Played many a time by our flute band 🇬🇧

speachless no words this describe this man amazing voice well done Phil 👍🏻👍🏻

A truly moving memior of a past era - Touching.
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