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