The Divine Comedy

Ой в гаю, при Дунаю, соловей щебече, (Oy v haiu, pri Dunaiu, solovei shchebeche) Вiн свою всю пташину до гнiздечка кличе (Vin svoiu vsiu ptashinu do hnizdechka kliche) Ой тьох тьох i тьох тьох тьох (Oy tioh tioh i tioh tioh tioh ) Соловей щебече, (So

When she was just a girl She became a woman of the world Soon there wasn't room enough for her In between the bosoms of her family She popped the cork, got on the Greyhound to New York Small-talked her way round just the sort Of playboys' playground

When the beautiful set sail back in 1970 She was state of the art, the flagship of our navy. But the salt sea took its toll and the rust began to show, And with a heavy heart we took her to the breaker's yard. I thought I heard her call, maybe I hear

I was born in Londonderry I was born in Derry City too Oh what a special child To see such things and still to smile I knew that there was something wrong But I kept my head down and carried on I grew up in Enniskillen I grew up in Inis Ceathlain too