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