Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore
From Derry quay we sailed away on the twenty-third of May.
We signed on as passengers on a ship bound round for Amerikay.
Fresh water there we did take on, ten thousand gallons or more,
In case we'd run short running down to New York far away from the shamrock shore.
Chorus:
So fare thee well, sweet Liza dear and likewise to Derry town
And twice farewell to my comrades all that dwell on that sainted ground!
If fortune it ever shall favour me, and I to have money in store,
I'll go back and I'll wed the sweet lassie I left on Paddy's green shamrock shore.
We sailed three weeks, we were all seasick, not a man on board was free
We were all confined unto our bunks and no one to pity poor me.
No father kind nor mother dear to lift up my head, which was sore
Which made me think more on the lassie I left on Paddy's green shamrock shore.
Chorus
We landed upon the other side, after three and thirty days...
And drinking over a parting glass we all went our separate ways.
We took each comrade by the hand in case we might never meet more,
And we drank a health to old Ireland and Paddy's green shamrock shore.
Chorus
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