It seems like yesterday I sailed out of Cork A wanderer from Erin's I landed in New wasn't a soul to greet me there A on your shore But Irish was with me here And riches came And now I'm going back again To old Erin's isle My friends will meet me on the And greet me with a Their faces, sure, I've almost I've been so long But me mother will introduce all And this to me say
Shake hands with Uncle Mike, me boy And here is sister, Kate And there's the girl you used to Down by the gate Shake hands all of the neighbours And the colleens all You're as as the flowers in May To old Donnegal
give a party when I go home They'll come from and far line the roads for miles and miles With Irish jauntin' The spirits'll and we'll be gay We'll your hearts with joy The piper'll play an reel To the Yankee boy We'll dance and the whole night long Such fun as seen The be decked in corduroy The colleens green There'll be thousands there that I saw I've so long away But me will introduce them all And this to me say
hands with your Uncle Mike, me boy And is your sister, Kate And there's the girl you to swing Down by the garden hands with all of the neighbours And kiss the all You're as as the flowers in May To dear old
Branigan, Fannigan, Milligan, Gilligan Duffy, McCuffy, Malachy, Rafferty, Lafferty, Donnelly, Dooley, O'Hooley, Muldowney, Madigan, Cadigan, Lanihan, Fagan, O'Hagan, O'Hoolihan, Shanihan, Manihan, Fogarty, Kelly, O'Kelly, McGuinness,
Shake hands with your Mike, me boy And here is your sister, And there's the you used to swing Down by the garden Shake hands with all of the And kiss the all as welcome as the flowers in May To dear old