The Stars Over Kinvara

Through dark summer nights on his racing bike
 Your great granda Miko Killeen
 When art classes were done in Galway town
 Cycled home the miles between
 And the moon overhead
 Led him home as he sped
 'Til the stars over Kinvara
 Said Welcome home
 Long before I ran to be your aul man
 I dreamed of living here
 Where Atlantic waves neath Dunguaire's gaze
 Keep the air so fresh and clear
 I was 25 when I first laid eyes
 On where I knew I'd find
 My children's eyes
 And the stars over Kinvara
 Said Welcome home
 That first night I drove you and mammy home
 I pulled over in Ballindereen
 I just had to pull in. I had never seen
 Such a sky of gems that gleamed
 Orion was out, and the starry plough
 All the night was on display
 Over The Burren, the road, and the bay
 There were ten more lights that shone
 For each one of our own passed on
 And I dreamed that Miko too
 Was shining down on you
 When the stars over Kinvara said Welcome home
 When the stars over Kinvara said Welcome home!