You brave Irish heroes, where e're you may be
I pray stand a moment, and listen to me
Your son's and fair daughters are all goin' away
And thousands are Sailing to Americay

Chorus:
So good luck to those people, and safe may they land
They're leaving their country for a far distant strand
They're leaving old Ireland, no longer can stay
And thousands are Sailing to Americay

On the night before leaving, they are bidding goodbye
And it's early next morning, their hearts give a sigh.
They turn kiss their mothers, and then they will say
Farewell dear old father, we must now go away


Their friends and relations, and their neighbors also
When the trunks they are packed up, and ready to go
The tears from their eyes they fall down like rain
And the horses are prancing, heading off for the train

When they do reach the station, you will hear the last cry
With handkerchiefs waving, they are bidden goodbye
Their hearts will be breaking on leaving the shore
Farewell dear old Ireland, will we ne'er see you more

Oh I pity the mother who reared up the child
And likewise the father, who labored and toiled
To try to support them he worked night and day
And one day will end up, they will all go away



I believe the Deanta version may have left out the verse about 'friends and relations'

Hey - does anyone know why I can't find.ANY recordings.of this song? It's like Deanta's first album has just been deleted from the internet...   The second and third albums are available all over, but the first one is just... Missing.

There aren't any recordings of this song to be found by any other band either, as far as I can tell.

What gives?!?


Oh - and for the fella that said "train" should be "dreys".. I respectfully disagree. Emigres would take trains to the port cities to board a ship. Luggage would be loaded on the ship by dock workers, not horses.