Back Home To Donegal Song Lyrics By Margo

An Irish country music song, written by Michael Maloney. Also included on the page is another of Margo's songs The Road By The River lyrics and chords. Home To Donegal by Nathan Carter is a similar kind of song about the beautiful county Donegal .

Back home to Donegal your the pride of them all
Your people are so kind and so true
And no matter where I roam I'm always going home
Donegal I'm coming home to you.

Oh I've sailed on the tide I've climbed the mountain side
I've traveled the east and the west
But no matter where I roam I'm always going home
Donegal I love you still the best.

I remember the day when I went so far away
I bid a fond farewell
With a tear in my eye I said goodbye
Saying to my darling I'll return again.

With my life's sails unfurled I've traveled the world
Many's a grand scene I recall
But the sweetest of these to my mind's so please
Was wondering through my native Donegal.

I've traveled all around through Letterkenny Town
To Buncrana on the native Foyle
And all along the Rosses Shore and lovely Green Gweedore
Bundoran in the good old summer time.

And the wee birds did sing their mellow notes to bring
Each tender voice I recall
Ah but when the world I've seen I'm going back to the Isle of Green
Back home to my native Donegal

Oh I've sailed on the tide I've climbed the mountain side
I've traveled the east and the west
But no matter where I roam I'm always going home
Donegal I love you still the best.

​Here are the chords in the key of G Major.
If you want to play along with Margo's version
using these chords then put a capo on the 4th fret.

[G]Sure, I've walked along [C]Broadway, I've been down the [G]Strand,
And I've [C]seen the great [G]highways of every [D]land,
But in [G]all the big cities, The [C]like I've not [G]seen, 
Like the road by the [C]river that flows through Ra[G]heen.

[G]I had only one [C]brother, a gay lad and [G]droll,
He was [C]killed in an am[G]bush, Now God rest his [D]soul.
On the [G]spot where he fell, A white [C]cross can be [G]seen,
On the road by the [C]river that flows through Ra[G]heen.[G][C][G]

I can see meself now as a gossoon of four,
As I climbed to look over the creakin' half-door,
For to see the sun shine on the valley so green,
And the road by the river that flows through Raheen.

[G]Rows and rows of new [C]houses are built on the [G]green 
And a [C]cinema [G]stands where me cottage had [D]been.
Oh, the [G]river is there, but no [C]trace can be [G]seen,
Of the road by the [C]river that [G]flows through Raheen. 

[G]everything [C]changes, and we change as [G]well 
And I'm [C]sure that you, [G]too, If the truth you would [D]tell,
Wander [G]back to some well beloved [C]spot in your [G]dreams,
Like the road by the river that flows thru Raheen.

The Road By The River Lyrics And Chords. As far as I can tell  Frank O' Donovan wrote this song, he also recorded it. It was later recorded by Bridie Gallagher and Margo
intro. B E B [ these chords are for Margo's version, see easy version in the key of G below]
[B]Sure, I've walked along [E]Broadway, I've been down the [B]Strand,
And I've [E]seen the great [B]highways of every [F#]land,
But in [B]all the big cities, The [E]like I've not [B]seen, 
Like the road by the [E]river that flows through Ra[B]heen.

[B]I had only one [E]brother, a gay lad and [B]droll,
He was [E]killed in an am[B]bush, Now God rest his [F#]soul.
On the [B]spot where he fell, A white [E]cross can be [B]seen,
On the road by the [E]river that flows through Ra[B]heen.[B][E][B]

I can see meself now as a gossoon of four,
As I climbed to look over the creakin' half-door,
For to see the sun shine on the valley so green,
And the road by the river that flows through Raheen.

[B]Rows and rows of new [E]houses are built on the [B]green 
And a [E]cinema [B]stands where me cottage had [F#]been.
Oh, the [B]river is there, but no [E]trace can be [B]seen,
Of the road by the [E]river that [B]flows through Raheen. 

[B]everything [E]changes, and we change as [B]well 
And I'm [E]sure that you, [B]too, If the truth you would [F#]tell,
Wander [B]back to some well beloved [E]spot in your [B]dreams,
Like the road by the river that flows thru Raheen.

I recall when I started in strange lands to roam,
Sure, tis little I thought how I'd miss me old home,
Miss me old folks, the village, the valley so green,
And the road by the river that flows through Raheen.

After that the returnin' expectin' to find 
The familiar old scenes as they lived in me mind 
Ah, forgettin' the years that had passed since I'd seen 
The old road by the river that flows through Raheen.