It seems only yesterday I sailed out of Cork A wanderer Erin's isle I landed in New There wasn't a soul to greet me A stranger on shore But Irish luck was me here And riches galore And now that I'm going again To dear old Erin's My friends will me on the pier And greet me with a Their faces, sure, I've almost I've so long away But me mother will introduce all And this to me say
Shake hands your Uncle Mike, me boy And here is sister, Kate And there's the you used to swing by the garden gate Shake hands all of the neighbours And the colleens all You're as as the flowers in May To old Donnegal
They'll a party when I go home come from near and far They'll line the roads for and miles Irish jauntin' cars The flow and we'll be gay We'll your hearts with joy The piper'll play an Irish To the Yankee boy We'll and sing the whole night long Such fun as seen The be decked in corduroy The colleens green be thousands there that I never saw I've been so long But me mother will introduce all And to me will say
Shake with your Uncle Mike, me boy And here is your sister, And the girl you used to swing by the garden gate Shake hands all of the neighbours And the colleens all You're as welcome as the in May To dear old
Meet Branigan, Fannigan, Milligan, 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 your Uncle Mike, me boy And is your sister, Kate And there's the girl you used to Down by the garden Shake with all of the neighbours And the colleens all as welcome as the flowers in May To old Donnegal