The Emigrants Story Lyrics - Singles - Paul Kealy

Farewell my lovely Ireland 

Farewell my love so fair 

She is sweeter than the fiddler's strings 

And the songs the blackbird sings 

For I must leave my fair haired girl 

How I'll miss her so 

If I could find the work I'd stay 

Across the ocean I must go 

Farewell my lovely Ireland 

Farewell my land so fair 

To the valleys hills and soft rain 

Shades of green and golden grain 

Crashing waves on your brave shores 

My heart is always yours 

With dampening eyes I leave you now 

Across the ocean I must go 

Oh farewell, farewell, I must stray 

We'll meet again, come what may 

Oh farewell, farewell, I must stray 

It's time to be on my way 

Farewell my lovely Ireland 

Farewell my nation fair 

Unchanged by wars and present woes 

That hope, that courage shows 

Those men and women heroes bold 

Singing songs of days of old 

Here's to you and better days 

Across the ocean I must go 

Oh farewell, farewell, I must stray 

We'll meet again, come what may 

Oh farewell, farewell, I must stray 

It's time to be on my way 

Farewell my lovely Ireland 

Farewell to a life so fair 

Man's greed has stole my childhood land 

Live's torn by the traitor's hand 

We'll meet again like parted streams 

On our isle, our isle of dreams 

We'll dance again like days of yore 

My story will be told 

We'll dance again like days of yore 

My story will be told