Long Journey Home

If on every ocean the ship is a throne And for each mast cut down another sapling is grown Then I could believe that I'm bound to find A better life than I left behind But as you ascend the ladder Look out below where you tread For the colours bled as they overflowed Red, white and blue Green, white and gold So I had to leave from my country of birth As for each child grown tall Another lies in the earth And for every rail we laid in the loam There's a thousand miles of the long journey home But as you ascend the ladder Look out below where you tread For the colours bled as they overflowed Red, white and blue Green, white and gold But as you ascend the ladder Look out below where you tread For the colours bled as they overflowed Red, white and blue Green, white and gold But as you ascend the ladder Look out below where you tread For the colours bled as they overflowed Red, white and blue Green, white and gold

Long Journey Home (Anthem) Written by Elvis Costello & Paddy Moloney Performed by The Chieftains with The Irish Film Orchestra, Anúna & Elvis Costello Produced by Paddy Moloney Orchestra arranged & conducted by Fiachra Trench Chorus arranged by Michael McGlynn Musicians Elvis Costello - vocals Paddy Moloney - tin whistle, uilleann pipes Kevin Conneff - bodhrán Derek Bell - harp Matt Molloy - flute Martin Fay - fiddle Fiachra Trench - piano Arty McGlynn - guitar James Blennerhassett - double bass Paddy Glackin - fiddle Robbie Casserly - drums The Irish Film Orchestra Anúna - choir Recorded 1997, Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin Released January 13, 1998 Singles Long Journey Home, 1998 (full-length version & radio edit) Collections The Chieftains: The Wide World Over: A 40 Year Celebration, 2002 (radio edit) - The Chieftains: The Essential Chieftains, 2006 (full-length version) Soundtracks Long Journey Home, 1998 (full-length version) Various Artists collections Long Journey Home (sampler), 1998 Length 4:18 (full-length version) 3:20 (radio edit) First known performance:  June 5, 1999, San Francisco, CA      (4 known performances, 1 as a snippet)

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