Here's what I hear on the Mick Moloney recording. I'm still looking for a printed source.


SWEET KINGWILLIAMSTOWN
(Daniel Buckley - as sung by Mick Moloney)

My bonnie barque floats wild and free
Across the surging foam
It brings me far from Innisfail
To seek a foreign home
A lonely exile driven far
By misfortune's cruel frown
Far from my home and my friends so dear
In sweet Kingwilliamstown

While here upon this deck I stand
And I gaze upon the darkening shore
Kind thoughts arise all in my mind
Of the friends I'll ne'er see more
Of moonlit nights and happy hours
How fast the tears roll down
While I'm thinking on my friends so dear
In sweet Kingwilliamstown

Shall I no more gaze on that shore
Or view those mountains high
Or walk along Blackwaterside
Where I roamed once as a boy
Or watch the sun over Knocknaboul
Light up the heather brown
Before she flings
Her farewell beams
O'er sweet Kingwilliamstown

I know not but I fondly hope
That where e'er my footsteps roam
I will cherish deep within my heart
Kind thoughts and love of home
Fast fades the shore and on my soul
The night comes sadly down
So, fare thee well, old Ireland,
And sweet Kingwilliamstown


transcribed by ear from the 2002 Mick Moloney recording Far from the Shamrock Shore

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I could use some help on this transcription. If anyone has the CD, please give it a listen. Moloney has a book titled Far from the Shamrock Shore, which accompanies the CD. If the CD or book have printed lyrics, please post them. I bought the album as an MP3 download.
-Joe-