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When my love said to me 
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Meet me down by the gallow tree 
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For it's sad news I bring 
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About this old town and all that it's offering 
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Some say troubles abound 
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Some day soon they're gonna pull the old town down 

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One day we'll return here 
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When the belfast child sings again 

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Brothers sisters where are you now 
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As I look for you right through the crowd 
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All my life here I've spent 
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With my faith in God the church and the government 
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But there's sadness abound 
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Some day soon they're gonna pull the old town down 

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One day we'll return here 
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When the belfast child sings again 
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When the belfast child sings again 

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Some come back billy, won't you come on home 
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Come back mary, you've been away so long 
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The streets are empty, and your mother's gone 
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The girls are crying, it's been oh so long 
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And your father's calling, come on home 
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Won't you come on home, won't you come on home 

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Come back people, you've been gone a while 
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And the war is raging, in the emerald isle 
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That's flesh and blood man, that's flesh and blood 
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All the girls are crying but all's not lost 
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The streets are empty, the streets are cold 
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Won't you come on home, won't you come on home 

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  The streets are empty 

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     Life goes on 

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One day we'll return here 
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When the belfast child sings again 
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When the belfast child sings again