[00:12.43]It's far away I am today from scenes I roamed a boy
[00:21.93]And long ago the hour I know I first saw Illinois
[00:31.83]But time nor tide nor waters wide could wean my heart away
[00:41.50]For ever true it flies to you, my dear old Galway Bay
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[00:51.45]Oh, grey and bleak, by shore and creek, the rugged rocks abound
[01:01.31]But sweet and green the grass between, as grows on Irish ground
[01:11.22]So friendship fond, all wealth beyond, and love that lives alway
[01:21.59]Bless every home beside your foam, my dear old Galway Bay
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[01:39.20]Had I youth's blood and hopeful mood and a heart of fire once more
[01:49.19]For all the gold the world might hold I'd never quit your shore
[01:58.89]I'll be content whate'er God sent with neighbours old and gray
[02:08.87]And lay my bones, 'neath churchyard stones, beside you, Galway Bay
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[02:47.13]The blessings of a poor old man be with you night and day
[02:56.65]The blessings of a lonely man whose heart will soon be clay
[03:06.63]It's all the Heaven I'll ask of God upon my dying day
[03:16.58]My soul to soar for ever more above you, Galway Bay