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