Back in 1977 Margo recorded this as "Lovely Old Fintown" on her LP "A Toast to Claddagh" on the ARA label. Side 1, Track 3. My countrymen, I take my pen, to write a verse or two And as I leave to cross the seas, I bid my last adieu Our splendid boat is now afloat, On the Foyle sailing down And as I leave, my heard did grieve for Lovely Old Fintown. Could I but see old Glen Swilly, or Mennadenny Plain Kingara's green where oft I've been to join the refrain O'er mountainsides, I'd roam with pride, near Glenties of renown And I've been there at many a fair in Lovely Old Fintown. Many nights I've spent in sweet content with lads and lassies gay where songs were song by old and young before I went away Amerikay lies far away, in Philadelphia town But I'll not forget the friends I met Lovely Old Fintown. So fair thee well ye hills and dales and to my comrades all And twice farewell to my own dear boy I left in Donegal On St. Patrick's day though far away, the shamrock I will drown and I'll think of thee, my gra mo chroi, in Lovely Old Fintown.
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