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===References in popular music=== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {{Poemquote|I was born in Londonderry I was born in Derry City too Oh what a special child To see such things and still to smile I knew that there was something wrong But I kept my head down and carried on. |[[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]], "Sunrise" }} {{Poemquote|In 1803 we sailed out to sea, Out from the sweet town of Derry, For Australia bound if we did not all drown, And the marks of our fetters we carried... |[[Bobby Sands]], "Back Home in Derry"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://celtic-lyrics.com/forum/index.php?autocom=tclc&code=lyrics&id=34 |title=Back Home in Derry, full lyrics |work=Celtic-Lyrics.com |access-date=20 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917085736/http://celtic-lyrics.com/forum/index.php?autocom=tclc&code=lyrics&id=34 |archive-date=17 September 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> }} {{col-2}} {{Poemquote|It is old but it is beautiful, and its colours they are fine. It was worn at [[Siege of Derry|Derry]], [[Battle of Aughrim|Aughrim]], [[Battle of Newtownbutler|Enniskillen]] and the [[Battle of the Boyne|Boyne]]. My father wore it as a youth in bygone days of yore. And on the Twelfth I love to wear the sash my father wore |Anon., "[[The Sash]]" }} {{Poemquote|...In the early morning the shirt factory horn called women from Creggan, the Moor and the Bog. While the men on the dole played a mother's role, fed the children and then walked the dog. And when times got tough there was just about enough. But they saw it through without complaining. For deep inside was a burning pride in the town I loved so well. There was music there in the Derry air, like a language that we all could understand... |[[Phil Coulter]], "[[The Town I Loved So Well]]"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://celtic-lyrics.com/forum/index.php?autocom=tclc&code=lyrics&id=405 |title=The Town I Loved So Well, full lyrics |work=Celtic-Lyrics.com |access-date=20 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120085014/http://celtic-lyrics.com/forum/index.php?autocom=tclc&code=lyrics&id=405 |archive-date=20 November 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> }} {{Col-end}}
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