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