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