When I lived in London, I shared a house with some bhoys fae Derry. The Plough and Harrow in Leytonstone was the place for Irish music. Every band had to know Back Home in Derry. Christy Moores version is fantastic.
The tune is (I think) from an American song aboot a ship wreck on one of the Great Lakes, The Wreck of the Elwood Fitzgerald (Elwood might be wrong tho). The words (of the Christy Moore version) were written by Bobby Sands as a tribute to his Derry comrades. What a great song, it takes me back to London every time.
Always think of a guy, known as Paddy Hash, who is no longer with us.
Skin up Paddy!!