Bing Crosby - Galway Bay

If you ever go across the sea to Ireland
Then maybe at the closing of your day
You will sit and watch the moonrise over Claddagh
And see the sun go down on Galway Bay
Just to hear again the ripple of the trout stream
The women in the meadows making hay
And to sit beside a turf fire in the cabin
And watch the barefoot gossoons at their play
For the breezes blowing o'er the seas from Ireland
Are perfum'd by the heather as they blow
And the women in the uplands diggin' praties
Speak a language that the strangers do not know
For the strangers came and tried to teach their way
They scorn'd us just for being what we are
But they might as well go chasing after moonbeams
Or light a penny candle from a star
And if there is going to be a life hereafter
And somehow I am sure there's going to be
I will ask my God to let me make my heaven
In that dear land across the Irish sea
If you ever go across the sea to Ireland
Then maybe at the closing of your day
You will sit and watch the moonrise over Claddagh
And see the sun go down on Galway Bay
Just to hear again the ripple of the trout stream
The women in the meadows making hay
And to sit beside a turf fire in the cabin
And watch the barefoot gossoons at their play
For the breezes blowing o'er the seas from Ireland
Are perfum'd by the heather as they blow
And the women in the uplands diggin' praties
Speak a language that the strangers do not know
For the strangers came and tried to teach their way
They scorn'd us just for being what we are
But they might as well go chasing after moonbeams
Or light a penny candle from a star
And if there is going to be a life hereafter
And somehow I am sure there's going to be
I will ask my God to let me make my heaven
In that dear land across the Irish sea
Bing Crosby - "Galway Bay"

Bing Crosby sings "Galway Bay." From a musical tribute to Ireland hosted by Bing and filmed in Dublin in 1966.

1949 HITS ARCHIVE: Galway Bay - Bing Crosby

Galway Bay (Colahan) by Bing Crosby, orchestra conducted by Victor Young (CD audio source) Bing's Irish-flavored hit was a #3 charted single, selling over ...

Bing Crosby - Galway Bay

Bing Crosby's classic 1947 recording of "Galway Bay". The song was written by Dr Arthur Colahan. Bing won a gold disc for the recording as it sold in excess of 1 ...

"Galway Bay"- BING CROSBY

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Music video by Celtic Woman performing Galway Bay.

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