A Stór Mo Chroí, when you're far away Far from the land you'll be leaving, It's many a time by night and by day That your heart will be sorely grieving. For the stranger's land may be bright and fair, And rich in its treasures golden. But you'll pine, I know, for the long, long ago And the love that is never olden.
A Stór Mo Chroí, in the stranger's land There is plenty of wealth and wailing. Whilst gems adorn the great and the grand There are faces with hunger pailing. Though the road is toilsome, and hard to tread And the lights of their cities will blind you. Won't you turn a stór to Erin's shore And the ones that you're leaving behind you.
A Stór Mo Chroí, when the evening's mist Over mountain and sea is falling, won't you turn away from the throng And maybe you'll hear me calling. For the sound of a voice that is surely missed For somebody's quick returning. A ruin, a ruin, oh won't you come back soon To the ones who will always love you.