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The song is told from the point of view of an "able-bodied sailor" who boasts of "sailin' all around the world" and "bringin' home the oil" to "keep all Europe movin' from our base in Bantry Bay." Gulf's operations from its Whiddy Island oil terminal in Bantry Bay ended on a night in January 1979 when the Total Oil tanker Betelgeuse exploded ...
From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay From Galway to Dublin town No maid I've seen like the fair cailín That I met in the County Down. As she onward sped I shook my head And I gazed with a feeling queer And I said, says I, to a passerby "Who's your one with the nut-brown hair?" He smiled at me, and with pride says he, "She's the gem of old ...
[Chorus] From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay And from Galway to Dublin Town No maid I've seen like the brown colleen That I met in the County Down [Verse 5] At the Harvest Fair, she'll be surely ...
Jul 2, 2023 · Bantry Bay - the world-famous son. The song was written in the latter half of the 1800s by James Lynam Molloy from County Offaly, a lawyer who lived most of his life in England and was the ...
Had I met in a shawl or gown. From the Star of the County Down. For a smile from my nut-brown rose. Sits the Star of the County Down. Celtic Thunder - The Star of the County Down Lyrics. In Banbridge Town near the County Down One morning last July, Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen, And she smiled as she passed me by.
A welcome to Bantry Bay. Then we heard the pipers sweet note running, And all the lassies turned to hear; As they mingled with a soft voice crooning, Till the music floated down the wooden pier, Save you kindly Colleens all! said the piper, Hands across the trip while I play, And a tender sound of song and merry dancing, Stole softly over ...
Jun 16, 2014 · [Chorus] And from Bantry Bay to the Derry Quay And from Galway to Dublin town No maid I've seen like the sweet cailín That I met in the County Down [Verse 3] Well, I've travelled a bit, but I ...
