In the days I went a-courtin´ I was never tired resortin´ To the alehouse and the playhouse and many´s the house beside But I told me brother Seamus I´d be off and be right famous And when I return again I roamed the world wide
I courted girls in Blarney, in Kanturk and Killarney In Passage and in Queenstown that is the cove of Cork But I´m sick of all this treasure, I´m gone and make me leisure And the next time that you hear from me will be a letter from New York
Goodbye to all the girls at home, I´m sailing far across the foam To good old Abby Lincoln and to Americay There´s gold and jewels in plenty for the poor and for the gentry And the next time I´ll return again I´ll never more will say:
So, Good Bye Murshin Durkin, I´m sick and tired of workin´ No more I´ll dig the praties and no longer I´ll be fooled But as sure my name is Carney I´ll be off to Californy And instead of digging praties I´ll be digging lumps of gold