Jim Maloney and Bill Delaney, members of The Flyin' Column, a Celtic band from Syracuse, have written a song about the Jeanie Johnston. This lively song is featured on their current album, Once Again. Check out the band and listen to more of their music on their website. Jim and Bill visited the ship during her visit to Philadelphia and here you can see them on deck, at the helm.

Jim Maloney (l) and Bill Delaney (r) who have written and recorded a song about the Jeanie.

Jim and Bill have given their permission for their copyrighted song (all rights reserved) to be downloaded and played from this website. Please click here to download the file, which will play in your windows media player. The file is 1.05Mb.

Cover of the new CD by The Flyin' Column       which features the Jeanie Johnston song.

JEANIE JOHNSTON

Chorus: Sail away from the Emerald Island,
where death is all around.
Get aboard the Jeanie Johnston
There you'll be safe and sound
There you'll be safe and sound.

When the famine was so merciless
in the madness of those times
The Irish fled their home land
to escape those terrible crimes.

Her neighbors could have saved the day
but no one seemed to care.
They closed their eyes, and turned their heads,
but Ireland didn't despair.

Chorus: Sail away from the Emerald Island,
where death is all around.
Get aboard the Jeanie Johnston
There youšll be safe and sound
There youšll be safe and sound.

She took those persecuted.
Her spirit matched her role
She crossed the Atlantic sixteen times
And never lost a soul.

Captain Attridge said, "Come sail away with me
To a land that'll treat you fair.
We'll sail off to America,
And Jeanie will get you there".

Chorus: Sail away from the Emerald Island,
where death is all around.
Get aboard the Jeanie Johnston
There you'll be safe and sound
There you'll be safe and sound.

My friends if trouble comes to you
And you need help along your trip
Go find a Jeanie Johnston
to be your saving ship.