Muirsheen Durkin
In the days when I went a courtin', sure I never tired resortin'
To the alehouse and the playhouse or many a house beside.
I told me brother Seamus l'd go off and be right famous
And the next thing that he'd hear from me, l'd gone the whole world wide.
Chorus:
So its goodbye, Muirsheen Durkin, l'm sick and tired of working,
No more I'll dig the praties, no longer I'll be poor.
For as sure as me name is Carney, I'll be off to California,
Where instead of diggin' praties, I'll be diggin' lumps of gold.
I've courted girls in Blarney, in Kintark and in Killarney
In Passage and in Queenstown, that is the call of port.
But goodbye to all this pleasure, for l'm bound to take me leisure
And the next thing that you'll hear from me will be a letter from New York.
Chorus
Goodbye to all the girls at home, l'm sailing far across the foam:
I'm bound to make me fortune in far America.
For there's gold and silver plenty for the poor and for the gentry
And with gold dust in me pockets, I never more will roam.
Chorus
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