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