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