Back Home To County Down

It’s a long and winding road, that’s taking me back home
Back to my family and friends
And I can’t forget the day I went away
And left my parents all alone
My sweetheart’s warm embrace, my father’s trembling hug
And my mother’s prayers to guide me back home
Soon my sweetheart I will marry o’er the threshold I will carry her
We’ll start a family of our own

Chorus
I’m going home to County Down, thank God I’m homeward bound
Take me back to where I long to be
To that friendly little county nestled in the Mournes
County Down I’m coming home to the place where I was born
Now I’ll walk your silent valleys through the Mountains of Mourne
Where the River Bann journeys to the sea
Soon my darling’s love will greet me, my father’s hug will meet me
And my mother’s prayers will bring me back home to County Down

Middle 8

Well the road rose up to meet me, but my parents didn’t greet me
And my sweetheart has a family of her own
She said I broke my parent’s hearts that day I did depart
Now they are lying in the churchyard all alone
So I found no warm embrace, no father’s trembling hug
Mama’s prayers lie in that cold and lonely grave
Oh how I regret that day but now i
I’m home to stay
Oh Ireland I never more will roam

Chorus
Now I’m home to County Down, thank God I’m home again
Now I’m back to where I longed to be
In that friendly little county nestled in the Mournes
County Down I’m back home to the place where I was born
Now I’ll walk your silent valleys through the Mountains of Mourne
Where the River Bann journeys to the sea
But my darlings love won’t greet me, my father’s hug won’t meet me
But my mother’s prayers have brought me home to County Down