By the shores of the Swilly, two children that play
the king of the castle, the queen of the maid
just me and my sister in the world of pretend
where the sun would keep shining, and the day never end
By the shores of the Swilly, now with kids of our own
another year over and see how they've grown
then we watched the last sunset and walk arm in arm
tell I see you next summer, God keep you from harm
And if I was a flyer who crashed now and then
she would put me together and fly me again
By the shores of the Swilly with an aching inside
I watched her body as raised from the tide
her lives has been taken and I never know why
but I feel in that moment a part of me died