[1984]
To the tune of The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot
Lyrics by Bobby Sands

Musica: Sull'aria di The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald di Gordon Lightfoot
Testo di Bobby Sands

"Back Home in Derry" was written by Bobby Sands (who also used the pen name Marcella). Sands is an Irishman who is more famous (or one should say: notorious) for his involvement with the IRA & as a hunger striker than he is as a poet & songwriter.

As authority, may I cite the great Christy Moore? Christy includes this song in his repertoire and acknowledges Sands as the creator of the song. In his book "One Voice: My life in Song" Christy writes that he first came across the song when "I was staying in a house in Derry after an H-block concert and a young lad recently released sang this song..."

That this eloquent and poignant song of resistance and rebellion in Irish history was... (Continues)