[Intro]
[Verse]
Come, all ye sons of Paddy s land and listen unto me
Til I relate of the hardships great, a-crossing o er the sea
For the want of bread, ten thousands fled, so far across the foam
And left the land where they were born, called Erin s lovely home
[Verse]
Black forty-seven I ll never forget, when the fever it stalked the land
And the famine without mercy, it stretched forth its dreadful hand
There s many s the child in cold death lay, their parents they did mourn
While landlord s agents pulled down our roofs, in Erin s lovely home
[Verse]
My father was a farming man, reared to industry
He had two sons, they were men strong, and lovely daughters three
Our farm was too small to feed us all, so some of us had to roam
With sisters two, I bid adieu, to Erin s lovely home
[Verse]
My father sold the second cow, he borrowed twenty pounds
And in the merry month of May, we sailed from Sligo town
There were thousands more left upon the shore, all anxious for to roam
And leave the land where they were born, called Erin s lovely home
[Instrumental]
[Verse]
We were scarcely seven days at sea, when the fever it plagued our crew
They were falling like the autumn leaves, bidding friends and life adieu
Now the raging waves sweep o er their graves amidst the ocean foam
Their friends may mourn, but they ll never return, to Erin s lovely home
[Verse]
My loving sisters, they both took ill, their lives they were taken away
And oh, it grieves my heart full sore, to cast them in the sea
Down in the deep now they do sleep, they never more will roam
In heaven I ll meet with my sisters sweet, from Erin s lovely home
[Verse]
I m in the land of liberty, where plenty it does abound
Where the labouring man gets full reward, for the tilling of his ground
There s naught I can see that can comfort me, as an exile I must roam
And end my days far, far away, from Erin s lovely home