My dad Phil wrote this song because of losing his brother to the sea in a place where there were no lifeboats. He started to help the RNLI so money could be raised to build more lifeboat stations in IRL and the UK. The men & woman of the RNLI are incredible for what they do for people & I have had the pleasure of meeting and working with many of them. As CAPTAINTJM said... "get a life" the RNLI are the real heros and you should remember that!
the great crews of the rnli proudly serving the people with no care for thier own safety helping people around the uk and ireland keep the up the good work you brave men and women
Decent bloke is Jim, does alot for good causes like supporting our troops at home and abroad and with RNLI; unlike other so called comedians and entertainers.
these people are true hero's..... not those over paid footballers..... their families never know if they will ever see them again..... god bless them all....
Very true! If memory serves right, he wrote it after loosing his brother in a boating(?) accident. It's good that such a tragic happening can be the inspiration for such a fantastic song.
Home From The Sea Lyrics And Chords. Written By Phil Coulter and recorded by Liam Clancy and by Celtic Thunder. Heroes one and all, three cheers, Hip Hip Hooray,,Hip Hip Hooray,,Hip Hip Hooray,,,,,,
retained fire crews, mountain & cave rescue, then theres first responders. within the community there are lots of volunteers, but the lifeboat personel do stand there or there abouts at the top
i find it quite fitting that this song was accompanied by the caister lifeboat men, and it kinda tell a story of the disaster that happened to the them on the 13 November 1901 where the crew of the beauchamp (caister lifeboat) answered a distress flare but unfortunately as the sea were very heavy it took a number of attempts to launch, however when they did launch they didnt get very far because the lifeboat capsized, tragically 9 men lost their lives on that night.
@38jonda thanks for writing this... I cant believe I have found someone that believed that stunt was real HAHAHA.... your talking about an ENTERTAINMENT tv show which I was working on too. The production crew came up with this stunt for entertainment so it was my dads job to do that... the guitar that was smashed was NOT the boys guitar it was a copy.....the boys reaction was the only real thing about that! Do you believe every stunt/audition on "The X Factor/American Idol" etc is real??
iv never heard a worse version of this song in my life!!! jim and co butchered it!!! the clancey brothers is the one and only version.. the irish version. the real version..... DONT ARGUE, JUST LISTEN
You're spouting rubbish, this version is being sung by men who go out and do it !! You're all ill informed talk !! The irish version is just one of many and in no way outstanding !!
