Muirshin Durkin Lyrics - Pogues

In the days when I was courtin' 

I was seldom done resortin' 

In the ale house and the playhouse 

And many's the house between 

I told me brother Seamus 

I'll go off and get right famous 

And when I come back home again 

I'll have seen the whole wide world 

And it's goodbye, Muirshin Durkin 

I'm sick and tired of workin' 

I'll no more dig the praties 

I'll no longer be a fool 

As sure as me name is Carney 

I'll go off to California 

And instead of digging praties 

I'll be digging lumps of gold 

Farewell to all the girls at home 

I'm bound away across the foam 

Off to seek me fortune 

In far Amerikay 

There's silver there a-plenty 

For the poor and for the gentry 

And when I come back home again 

I never more will say 

Goodbye, Muirshin Durkin 

I'm sick and tired of workin' 

I'll no more dig the praties 

I'll no longer be a fool 

As sure as me name is Carney 

I'll go off to California 

Where instead of diggin' praties 

I'll be digging lumps of gold 

And goodbye, Muirshin Durkin 

I'm sick and tired of workin' 

I'll no more dig the praties 

I'll no longer be a fool 

As sure as me name is Carney 

I'll go off to California 

Where instead of diggin' praties 

I'll be digging lumps of gold 

Goodbye, Muirshin Durkin 

I'm sick and tired of workin' 

I'll no more dig the praties 

No more be a fool 

As sure as me name is Carney 

I'll go off to California 

Where instead of diggin' praties 

I'll be diggin' lumps of gold