From the sheet music at The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music:


THAT TUMBLE-DOWN SHACK IN ATHLONE
Words, Richard W. Pascoe. Music, Monte Carlo & Alma M. Sanders.
New York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1918.
"Successfully introduced by John McCormack"

1. I'm a long way from home, and my thoughts ever roam,
To ould Erin far over the sea;
For my heart it is there, where the skies are so fair,
And ould Ireland is calling for me.

CHORUS: Oh! I want to go back to that tumble down shack,
Where the wild roses bloom 'round the door;
Just to pillow my head, in that ould trundle bed,
Just to see my ould mother once more.
There's a bright gleaming light, guiding me home tonight,
Down the long road of white cobble stone;
Down the road that leads back to that tumble down shack,
To that tumble down shack in Athlone.

2. There are eyes that are sad, as they watch for a lad,
In the old fashioned town of Athlone;
And I pray for the day, when I'm sailing away,
To ould Ireland and mother, my own.