
Date of issue: 22.09.2003
Record label: Charcoal
Song language: English
The Emigrant's Farewell |
Farewell to old Ireland, the land of my childhood |
Which now and forever I am going to leave |
Farewell to the shores, where the shamrock is growing |
It’s the bright spot of beauty and the home of the brave |
I’ll think on its valleys with fond admiration |
Though never again its bright hills will I see |
I’m bound for to cross the wide swelling ocean |
In search of fame and fortune and of sweet liberty |
Our ship at the present lies in Derry harbour |
To bear us away across the wide swelling sea |
May heaven be her companion and grant her fair breezes |
Till we reach the green fields of America |
It’s hard to be forced from the land that we live in |
Our houses and farms all obiged for to sell |
To wander along among Indians and strangers |
To find some sweet spot where our children might dwell |
Our artists, our farmers, our tradesmen are leaving |
To seek for employment far over the sea |
Where they’ll get their riches with care and with industry |
There’s nothing but hardship at home if you stay |
So cheer up your spirits, you lads and you lasses |
There’s gold for the digging and lots of it, too |
A health to the heart that has courage to ramble |
Bad luck to the lad or the lass that would rue |
We’ll call for a bumper of ale, wine and brandy |
We’ll drink to the health of those far away |
Our hearts will all warm at the thought of old Ireland |
When we’re on the green fields of Americay |
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