Farewell my lovely Ireland
Farewell my love so fair
She is sweeter than the fiddler's strings

And the songs the blackbird sings
For I must leave my fair haired girl
How I'll miss her so

If I could find the work I'd stay
Across the ocean I must go


Farewell my lovely Ireland
Farewell my land so fair
To the valleys hills and soft rain

Shades of green and golden grain
Crashing waves on your brave shores
My heart is always yours

With dampening eyes I leave you now
Across the ocean I must go


Oh farewell, farewell, I must stray
We'll meet again, come what may
Oh farewell, farewell, I must stray

It's time to be on my way

Farewell my lovely Ireland

Farewell my nation fair
Unchanged by wars and present woes
That hope, that courage shows

Those men and women heroes bold
Singing songs of days of old
Here's to you and better days

Across the ocean I must go

Oh farewell, farewell, I must stray

We'll meet again, come what may
Oh farewell, farewell, I must stray
It's time to be on my way


Farewell my lovely Ireland
Farewell to a life so fair

Man's greed has stole my childhood land
Live's torn by the traitor's hand
We'll meet again like parted streams

On our isle, our isle of dreams
We'll dance again like days of ore
My story will be told

We'll dance again like days of ore
My story will be told