After years of listening to Triona's singing and comparing versions of the song, I think these are the lyrics to the Bothy Band's version of the song:


THE MAID OF COOLMORE


From sweet Londonderry to the fair London town,
There is not a nicer harbor, anywhere to be found,
Where the children each evenin' is a-playin' 'round the shore,
And the joy bells are ringin' for the Maid of Coolmore.

The first time that I met her, she passed me by,
The next time that I met her, she bade me goodbye,
But the last time that I met her, she grieved my heart sore,
For she sailed down Lough Foyle away from Coolmore.

If I had the power the storm to rise,
I would blow the wind higher, for to darken the skies.
I would blow the wind higher, to make the salt seas to roar
On the day that my love sailed away from Coolmore.

To the north of Amerikay, my love I'll sail for,
For there I know no one, for no one knows me.
But should I not find her, I'll return home no more,
But like a pilgrim I will wander for the Maid of Coolmore.