Song Description
It's good to be Home
Song Length |
3:59 |
Genre |
Folk - Traditional, Folk - Country |
Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Mood |
Welcoming, Cheerful |
Subject |
Home, Friendship |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
GOOD TO BE HOME
Words & Music: Ben Sands
For first steps in learning we set off each morning
to walk the three miles to the Bridge of Mayo;
Over by Brennan?s, past Lively?s and Linden?s
with seasonal stops for black berry and sloe;
Later to Sheeptown with wellingtons turned down
climbed up Crowhill to the schoolhouse below;
Tho? work on the farm waited for our return
we?d find ourselves running the last half-mile home
CHORUS
For it?s good to be home
Good to be home
It?s good to be home
And so it began for a travelling man
in search of adventure from books that I?d read;
whistled my way over high hills and valleys
and never much caring where I laid my head;
Roasted in sunshine and froze in the snow-time,
often the rain soaked me through to the bone;
But every evening whatever the season
I?d find a warm someplace that I could call home
CHORUS
And now that the light doesn?t shine quite so brightly,
I nearly have rambled as much as I need;
Daughters and sons setting out on their own way,
wandering footsteps both follow and lead
Over by Brennan?s, past Lively?s and Linden?s,
Over Crowhill, the wide world to roam.
In search of adventure in, hope of fulfilment,
In hope of some day to be coming back home
CHORUS
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