
Date of issue: 30.06.2008
Song language: English
Dear Old Donegal |
It seems like only yesterday |
I sailed from out of Cork |
A wanderer from Erin’s isle |
I landed in New York |
There wasn’t a soul to greet me there |
A stranger on your shore |
But Irish luck was with me here |
And riches came galore |
And now that I’m going back again |
To dear old Erin’s isle |
My friends will meet me on the pier |
And greet me with a smile |
Their faces, sure, I’ve almost forgot |
I’ve been so long away |
But me mother will introduce them all |
And this to me will say |
Shake hands with your Uncle Mike, me boy |
And here is your sister, Kate |
And there’s the girl you used to swing |
Down by the garden gate |
Shake hands with all of the neighbours |
And kiss the colleens all |
You’re as welcome as the flowers in May |
To dear old Donnegal |
They’ll give a party when I go home |
They’ll come from near and far |
They’ll line the roads for miles and miles |
With Irish jauntin' cars |
The spirits’ll flow and we’ll be gay |
We’ll fill your hearts with joy |
The piper’ll play an Irish reel |
To greet the Yankee boy |
We’ll dance and sing the whole night long |
Such fun as never seen |
The lads’ll be decked in corduroy |
The colleens wearin' green |
There’ll be thousands there that I never saw |
I’ve been so long away |
But me mother will introduce them all |
And this to me will say |
Shake hands with your Uncle Mike, me boy |
And here is your sister, Kate |
And there’s the girl you used to swing |
Down by the garden gate |
Shake hands with all of the neighbours |
And kiss the colleens all |
You’re as welcome as the flowers in May |
To dear old Donnegal |
Meet Branigan, Fannigan, Milligan, Gilligan |
Duffy, McCuffy, Malachy, Mahone |
Rafferty, Lafferty, Donnelly, Connelly |
Dooley, O’Hooley, Muldowney, Malone |
Madigan, Cadigan, Lanihan, Flanihan |
Fagan, O’Hagan, O’Hoolihan, Flynn |
Shanihan, Manihan, Fogarty, Hogarty |
Kelly, O’Kelly, McGuinness, McGuinn |
Shake hands with your Uncle Mike, me boy |
And here is your sister, Kate |
And there’s the girl you used to swing |
Down by the garden gate |
Shake hands with all of the neighbours |
And kiss the colleens all |
You’re as welcome as the flowers in May |
To dear old Donnegal |
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