The Town I Loved So Well - Wikipedia The Town I Loved So Well This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( July 2016 ) The Town I Loved So Well MIDI recording Problems playing this file ? See media help. `` The Town I Loved So Well '' is a song written by Phil Coulter about his childhood in Derry, Northern Ireland. The first three verses are about the simple lifestyle he grew up with in Derry, while the final two deal with the Troubles, and lament how his placid hometown had become a major military outpost, plagued with violence. The final verse includes a message of hope for a `` bright, brand new day '', saying `` They will not forget but their hearts are set / on tomorrow and peace once again ''. Contents 1 Background 2 Covers 3 See also 4 References Background While Phil Coulter had written several Top 10 pop songs in the late 1960s ( including Eurovision entries Puppet on a String and Congratulations ), collaborations as a producer with The Dubliners and Luke Kelly, led to him writing a number of folk songs with more `` grown - up '' themes including those with a political aspect. The Town I Loved So Well was written against a backdrop of the Troubles in Derry, and released in 1973 on The Dubliners Plain and Simple album, which Coulter produced. Covers The song has been covered by Dexys, the High Kings, Pierre Bensusan, Luke Kelly, Paddy Reilly, The Dubliners and The Irish Tenors. It was also covered by Nathan Carter in his 2012 album The Live Show, and Carter sang a version of it live in Letterkenny with accompaniment from Coulter himself. Translated covers Tri Yann, a Breton band also covered the song, re-titled `` La Ville que J'ai Tant Aimée '', with lyrics in French Dafydd Iwan recorded his own translation, `` Y Dref a Gerais i Cyd '' ( The Town I Loved So Long ) with Ar Log for their album Rhwng Hwyl a Thaith ( Sain, 1982 ) Hannes Wader recorded a German version, re-titled as `` Kleine Stadt '' Lillebjørn Nilsen translated and recorded it in Norwegian as `` Byen Jeg Kjente Som Min ''. See also List of Irish ballads References Jump up ^ `` The songs he writes so well ''. Galway Advertiser. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2016. Jump up ^ `` With Luke Kelly badgering me, I had to write grown - up songs ''. Irish Independent. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2016. Jump up ^ Luke Kelly : Prince of the City ( Television documentary ). Ireland : RTÉ. December 2015. Jump up ^ `` From the Music Capitals of the World - Dublin ''. Billboard. 15 December 1973. p. 42. This song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Town_I_Loved_So_Well&oldid=825708205 '' Categories : Irish songs Songs written by Phil Coulter Song stubs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from July 2016 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from July 2016 Year of song missing All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Dansk Deutsch Euskara Français Nederlands Norsk Edit links This page was last edited on 14 February 2018, at 23 : 02. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote the town i love so well
Answer: Phil Coulter