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