When my love said to me

Meet me down by the gallow tree

For it's sad news I bring

About this old town and all that it's offering

Some say troubles abound

Some day soon they're gonna pull the old town down



One day we'll return here,

When the Belfast Child sings again



Brothers, sisters where are you now

As I look for you right through the crowd

All my life here I've spent

With my faith in God the Church and the Government

But there's sadness abound

Some day soon they're gonna pull the old town down



One day we'll return here,

When the Belfast Child sings again

When the Belfast Child sings again



So come back Billy, won't you come on home

Come back Mary, you've been away so long

The streets are empty, and your mother's gone

The girls are crying, it's been oh so long

And your father's calling, come on home

Won't you come on home, won't you come on home



Come back people, you've been gone a while

And the war is raging, in the Emerald Isle

That's flesh and blood man, that's flesh and blood

All the girls are crying but all's not lost



The streets are empty, the streets are cold

Won't you come on home, won't you come on home



The streets are empty

Life goes on



One day we'll return here

When the Belfast Child sings again

When the Belfast Child sings again