Dermot Hegarty - Dear Old Donegal

Dermot Hegarty
Song Name: Dear Old Donegal
By: Dermot Hegarty ( Dermot Hegarty )
Country: Ireland
Song Local Name: Dear Old Donegal
Album: The Greatest Irish Party Songs
Link to buy: Not available
Genre: Irish folk music , folk music of Ireland , traditional music of Ireland
Date Added: 22 Aug 2019
Yuri Bonilha
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"Dear Old Donegal" is an Irish-American song popularised by American singer Bing Crosby and written by Steve Graham. The song has an 'upbeat' rhythm and is meant to be the words of a poor Irishman who has to leave his homeland to go to United States, however, he gets to return to his native County Donegal after becoming successful in the United States.

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