I found these lyrics at http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090618225647AAVBsYE. However, the person who posted them didn't know the origin, and was asking for that information:


1. Down in County Kerry on the Emerald Isle,
Two lovers made a vow to be true;
And Patrick O'Leary told Molly Malone,
"My darlin' I'll come back for you
When the warm sun of Kansas makes the grain grow tall,
My darlin' I'll come back for you."

CHORUS: "Sail away, my darlin', to America.
I will wait in Ireland for ye.
When the warm sun of Kansas makes the grain grow tall,
My darlin', you'll come back for me.

2. Patrick had a brother who was already there,
And together they worked on the land.
He built a little cabin and planted a rose
For his Molly, sweet Molly Malone;
And his dreams were an echo of the song in her heart,
His Molly so far far away. CHORUS

3. A rage of scarlet fever started down in the South,
And Kansas wasn't far away,
And Patrick O'Leary was buried in June
Near the rose that he planted in May;
But his dreams were remembered in the heart of his love,
His Molly so far, far away.

CHORUS: "Sail away, my darlin', to America.
I will wait in Ireland for ye;
But I'll ne'er love another till the day I die,
When my darlin', you'll come back for me."