Verse
N.C.
Far, far from the isle of the holy and grand
Where wild oxen fatten and brave men are banned
N.C.
All lonely and lone in a far distant land
Do I wander and pine for poor Éireann
[Chorus]
N.C. F# G# C# D#m G# A#m
Lonely and sad I roam, far from my native home
G# C# D# Fm
Where the wild waves surging foam, headlands appearing
D#m G# Fm D#
Clouded in silver spray, flashing through heaven's bright ray
C# A#m G#
For thy glory and pride, lovely Éireann
[Verse 2]
N.C. G# Fm C# D#
Sweet, sweet Inis Cathaigh, the sacred, the blessed
C# A#m F# D#
Fit place for a saint or a warrior's rest
G# Fm C# D#
Your sentinel towers left each storm repressed
C# A#m D# G#
Your mourning waves wail for my Éireann
[Verse 3]
N.C. G# Fm C# D#
There is nothing now left, holy isle, but thy name
C# A#m F# D#
The ruin of thy glory, thy grandeur, thy fame
G# Fm C# D#
For foreign laws see thy sadness and pain
C# A#m D# G#
That now cause thy anguish, my Éireann
[Chorus]
F# G# C# D#m G# A#m
Lonely and sad I roam, far from my island home
G# C# D# Fm
Where the wild waves surging foam, headlands appearing
D#m G# Fm D#
Clouded in silver spray, flashing through heaven's bright ray
C# A#m G#
For thy glory and pride, lovely Éireann
[Verse 4]
N.C.G# Fm C# D#
How dearly I longed for to wander once more
C# A#m F# D#
To the loved ones I left at my old cabin door
G# Fm C# D#
My blessings I'd given a thousand times o'er
C# A#m D# G#
And a prayer and a tear for poor Éireann
[Verse 5]
N.C. G# Fm C# D#
Sad, sad is my fate in this weary exile
C# A#m F# D#
Dark, dark is the night cloud o'er lone Shanakyle
G# Fm C# D#
Where the murdered sleep silently pile upon pile
C# A#m D# G#
In the coffinless graves of poor Éireann
[Chorus]
F# G# C# D#m G# A#m
Lonely and sad I roam, far from my island home
G# C# D# Fm
Where the wild waves surging foam, headlands appearing
D#m G# Fm D#
Clouded in silver spray, flashing through heaven's bright ray
C# A#m G#
For thy glory and pride, lovely Éireann