At the setting o' the sun, when my daily work was done Sure I rambled down the seashore for a walk And I being all alone I sat down upon a stone For to view the pretty scenery of New York
Ohh Erin gra mo chrói, you're the only land for me You're the fairest that my eyes did e'er behold You're the land Saint Patrick blessed You're the bright star of the west You're that dear little isle so far away
With the turf fire burning bright on a cold dark winter's night And the snowflakes falling gently to the ground When St. Patrick's Day has come, my thoughts will carry me home To that dear little isle so far away
Ohh Erin gra mo chrói, you're the dear old land to me You're the fairest that my eyes did e'er behold You're the land Saint Patrick blessed You're the bright star of the west You're that dear little isle so far away
On the day that I did part, well, it broke my mother's heart Will I ever see my dear ones anymore? Not until my bones are laid in the cold and silent grave In my own native land so far away
Ohh Erin gra mo chrói, you're the dear old land to me You're the fairest that my eyes did e'er behold You're the land Saint Patrick blessed You're the bright star of the west You're that dear little isle so far away