The Tern and the Swallow

When the Cuckoo is calling

over woodland and valley

And the Tern and the Swallow

flies over our bay

Then it's longing I'll be for the

land of my father

Where Bann and black water

sweep down to Lough Neagh

A home I have made in the

land of the stranger

And it's manys a long year

since I left Derry quay

Still I dream of the blooming

and the glens of old Ireland

Where Bann and black water

sweep down to Lough Neagh

And it'soon I must start and

this is my last journey

For my eyes they grow dim

and my hair sparse and grey

And it's soon I must follow the

Tern and the Swallow

Where Bann and black water

sweep down to Lough Neagh

I long for to see the dark

waters of Lough Neagh

And I long for to gaze on

Slieve Gallion Braes

And I long for to follow the

Tern and the Swallow

Where Bann and black water water

sweep down to Lough Neagh

And when I return to my

native land

In the Spring I will hear the

Cuckoo sing round

Lough Neagh

And I'll be out there waiting

for the Tern and the Swallow

Where Bann and black water

sweep down to Lough Neagh

And all I ask is a cairn in the

land of my father

Where Bann and black water

sweep down to Lough Neagh

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