Lovely Old Fintown - Kevin Prendergast
Written by：Kathleen Hayes
My countrymen I take my pen to write a verse or two
And as I leave to cross the seas I bid my last adieu
Our splendid boat is now afloat on the Foyle sailing down
And as I leave my heard did grieve for Lovely Old Fintown
Many nights I've spent in sweet content with lads and lassies gay
Where songs were sung by old and young before I went away
Amerikay seems far away in Philadelphia town
But I can't forget the friends I lie in Lovely Old Fintown
Could I but see old Glen Swilly or Mennadenny Plain
Kingara's green where oft I've been to join the refrain
O'er mountainsides I'd roam with pride near Glenties of renown
And I've been there at many a fair in Lovely Old Fintown
So fair thee well ye hills and dales and to my comrades all
And twice farewell to my own dear girl I left in Donegal
St. Patrick's day though far away my shamrock I will drown
And I'll think of thee my gra mo chroi in Lovely Old Fintown
And I'll think of thee my gra mo chroi in Lovely Old Fintown