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