Here is the version from O'Lochlainn. It's the same song, but not necessarily the same version (there are a few sources for it).

Mick

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THE SHAMROCK SHORE

Farewell dear Erin's native shore, For here I cannot stay,
As I do intend to cross the sea, bound for Americay
To leave the land that gave me birth, It grieves my heart full sore,
Then fare-ye-well, my loving friends, Around the shamrock shore.

As our ship she lies at anchor, boys, Now ready for to sail,
May heaven protect each passenger With a sweet and pleasant gale,
And when I'm on the ocean, You will run in my mind,
Then fare-ye-well, old Ireland, And all I left behind.

The tears roll gently from my eyes, My heart's oppressed with woe,
Thinking from old Erin's Isle I am compelled to go.
"Dear friends", says I, "be not afraid, I'll do whate'er I can,"
And looking round I gave a sigh, Saying "Good bye to Ireland,"

Farewell, my aged parents, From you I now must part,
Likewise my tender grandfather- I'm sure 'twill break his heart,
But to part from you, old Erin's Isle, It grieves me more and more,
Then here's good health and all success Around the Shamrock shore!

Now to conclude and finish, friends, I've not much more to say-
I wished I was safe landed there, All in Americay.
A wanderer, I've to cross the sea But fortune may prove kind,
And my toast will be, so far away, To all I've left behind.

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And the tune:

Fare-/well dear Er-ins/ na-tive shore, For/ here I can-not/ stay,
As I/ do in-tend to/ cross the sea, bound/ for A-mer-i-/cay
To/ leave the land that/ gave me birth, It/ grieves my heart full/ sore,
Then/ fare-ye-well, my/ lov-ing friends, A-/round the sham-rock/ shore.//



X: 1
T:The Shamrock Shore
M:4/4
L:1/4
S:O'Lochlainn - More Irish Street Ballads
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