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Boney M Belfast song (originally titled “Londonderry”) was a single from the 1977 album titled “Love For Sale” by 1970s German disco band Boney M. It reached number 8 in the UK pop charts,and number one in their home country of Germany.

Its semi political lyrics (“when the hate you have for one another’s past”), may have been behind the reasion it was never released in the United States or Canada

Here are the lyrics:

Belfast

Belfast

Belfast

Got to have a believin

Got to have a believin

Got to have a believin

All the people

Cause the people are leavin

When the people believin

When the people believin

When the people believin

All the children cause the children

Are leavin

Refr.:

Belfast

Belfast

When the country rings the leaving bell youre lost

Belfast

Belfast

When the hate you have

For one anothers past

You can try (you can try)

You can try (you can try)

You can try

To tell the world the reason why

Belfast

Belfast

Belfast

Its the country thats changin

Its the country thats changin

Its the country thats changin

All the people

Cause the people are leavin

Its the world thats deceivin

Its the world thats deceivin

Its the world thats deceivin

All the people

Cause the people believin

Repeat refr.

When the children believin

When the children believin

When the children believin

All the people

Cause the people are leavin

When the people are leavin (you)

When the people are leavin

When the people are leavin

All the children

Cause the children believin

Repeat refr.

Belfast

Belfast

Belfast

Watch the video and sing along here

 
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