Irish Song Lyrics 
from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
CITY OF TEARS by SEAMUS ROBINSON 1976 
City of tears, my Belfast today City of tears, 'neath dark clouds of grey And the place that was merry , now so sad appears O the streets are lamenting in the city of tears. 
Where are the children who played in the street Where are the young girls with young men to meet And where are the kind hearts I knew down the years Are they all lost forever in the city of tears? 
No spring leaves are budding when autumn is nigh No summer flowers blooming when winter is high And never are soft words heard in war's ears O only the graves grow -- in the city of tears. 
City of tears, my Belfast today City of tears 'neath dark clouds of grey And the place that was merry, now so sad appears O the streets are lamenting in the city of tears.