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