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