Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore

Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore - Brogue/Paddy O'Gorman

From Derry Quai we sailed away

On the 23rd of june

We were board by a pleasant crew

Bound for Americay

Fresh water there we did take on

Five thousand gallons or more

In case we'd run short going to New York

Far away from the Shamrock shore

So fare thee well sweet Lisa dear

And likewise to Derry town

And twice farewell to we comrades bold

Who dwell on that sainted ground

If fortune there should favor me

And I do have money in store

Come back and

I'll wed the sweet lassie I left

On Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore

We sailed three days we were all seasick

Not one on board was free

We were all confined to our bunks

With no one to pity me

No father dear our mother kind

To hond me head went to sore

This made me think more on the girl I left

On Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore

So fare thee well sweet Lisa dear

And likewise to Derry town

And twice farewell to my comrades bold

Who still dwell on that sainted ground

If ever fortune there should favor me

And I do have money galore

I'll come back and

I'll wed the sweet lassie I left

On Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore

Well we safely reached the other side

In fifteen and twenty days

We were taken as passengers by a man

And he led us in six different ways

We each other all drank a parting glass

In case we'd made never meet more

And we drank our health to old Ireland

And Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore

So fare thee well sweet Lisa dear

And likewise to Derry town

And twice farewell to me comrades bold

Who dwell on that sainted ground

If fortune there should favor me

And I do have money galore

I'll come back and

I'll wed the sweet lassie I left

On Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore

I'll come back and

I'll wed the sweet lassie I left

On Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore