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Back to America Lyrics by John Williams

Angela’s Ashes (Music From the Motion Picture)

1999

As we watched the eclipse, what was clear was that this was only the beginning for Frankie McCourt. I'd be back in a few years with a new suit, fat on my bones like any Yank, and a lovely girl with white teeth, her hanging from my arm. But now I was aboard the Irish Oak on my way to America, and behind me Ireland slipped gently and silently into the night

About “Back to America” by John Williams

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"Back to America" appears on "Angela’s Ashes (Music From the Motion Picture)" in 1999.

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