Dun Laoghaire (Pronounced Dun Leerie) Can be such a lonely place Seamus Moore Keys D/E She stands on the quay at Dun Laoghaire The cold wind from the sea, Is blowing in her hair In her mind she can hear her lover calling From a land far away over there She pulled her shawl around her shoulders As the mist sprinkled lightly on her face And when you've got no one to talk to Dun Laoghaire can be such a lonely place For it's many a mother stood on that quayside And watched that ship sail out of sight It's many a night she lay awaking And thought about her loved ones in the night Instumental Change of Key to (E) Sometimes you can hear the wind a-calling The names of our loved ones far away But we know it's just imagination As we stand there alone on the quay Many people left with the intentions Of returning to our homeland again But when they returned with a strangers face Dun Laoghaire can be such a lonely place Cause many a mother stood on that quayside And watched that ship sail out of sight And many a night she lay awaking And thought about her loved ones in the night Tag It's many a night she lay awaking And thought about her loved ones in the night