The Fureys 26th June 2015 by/Tony Gorman
Their music touches all our souls
Their lyrics fill our hearts
Their melody’s echo within our heads
Right from the very start
My Song of Emigration
Will take us back in years
And The Green Fields of France
Can reduce a man to tears
And the song they sang of their Old Man
Reminds us of our dads
The things we learned because of him
Way back when we were lads
And Steal Away was quite a song
Of starting life anew
For we leave our memories far behind
For some the best to do
And with The Sound of Thunder
It brought the racing scene to you
And Come by the Hills is a vision
Of living in dreams that we do
And Irish Eyes is for every girl
From the days when we were young
And Silver Threads is our ageing years
When our youthful years have gone
Each song they sing is meaningful
And sang right from the soul
Long may their melodies fill our minds
For their tunes will not grow old
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The Fureys are one of my favourite ballad groups so I put a medley of their songs together to make up a tribute poem in their honour.
I hope all the Fureys fans looking in on the site enjoy the poem.
