MANY YOUNG MEN OF TWENTY
As sung by the Wolfe Tones on "Across the Broad Atlantic" (1976) and "25th Anniversary" (1989).

CHORUS 1: Many young men of twenty said goodbye
All that long day
From break of dawn until the sun was high.
Many young men of twenty said goodbye.
Many young men of twenty said goodbye.

1. They left the mountains and the glens,
The lassies and the fine young men.
I saw a tear on every girl and boy.
Many young men of twenty said goodbye.

CHORUS 2: Last night I held my darling in my arms.
"Farewell, my love!
It breaks my heart to see you cry.
Farewell my love, for maybe I will die."
Many young men of twenty said goodbye.

2. My boy Willie sailed away.
And the big ship went away.
He sailed away and left me here to cry.
For many young men of twenty said goodbye.

REPEAT CHORUS 1.

3. I wish that I was back again
Beside my darling in the glen.
We'd sit and watch the small birds as they fly.
For many young men of twenty said goodbye.

REPEAT CHORUS 1.

[On the above albums, the choruses are sung by the group; the verses are sung by a solo voice. There is also a live version on "On the One Road" (2009) in which the words are the same, but they vary the arrangement.]