Verse
Bm A D G
You brave Irish heroes where e'er you may be
D G D F#m
I pray, stand a moment and listen to me
D A D A
Your sons and fair daughters are all going away
Bm A D G
And thousands are sailing to Americay
[Verse 2]
Bm A D G
So, good luck to those people and safe may they land
D G D F#m
They are leaving their country for a far distant strand
D A D A
They're leaving old Ireland, no longer can stay
Bm A D G
And thousands are sailing to Americay
[Verse 3]
Bm A D G
Now the night before leaving, they are bidding goodbye
D G D F#m
And it's early next morning, their hearts give a sigh
D A D A
They turn, kiss their mothers and then they will say
Bm A D G
"Farewell, dear old father, we must now go away"
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
Bm A D G
Oh, I pity the mother who rears up the child
D G D F#m
And likewise the father who labours and toils
D A D A
To try to support them, he will work night and day
Bm A D G
And when they are reared up, they will go away
[Verse 5]
Bm A D G
So, good luck to those people and safe may they land
D G D F#m
They are leaving their country for a far distant strand
D A D A
They're leaving old Ireland, no longer can stay
Bm A D G
And thousands are sailing to Americay
[Outro]
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