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