PADDY'S GREEN SHAMROCK SHORE

1.  From Derry quay we sailed away on the twenty-third of May
    We were boarded by a pleasant crew, bound for Amerikay
    Fresh water then we did take on, five thousand gallons or more
    In case we'd run short going to New York far away from the shamrock shore.

2.  So fare thee well, sweet Liza dear and likewise to Derry town
    And twice farewell to my comrade boys that dwell on that sainted ground
    If fortune it ever should favour me, or I to have money in store
    I'll go back and I'll wed the wee lassie I left far away on the shamrock shore.

3.  When we sailed three days, we were all seasick, not a man on board was free
    We were all confined unto our beds with no-one to pity poor me.
    No father came no mother dear to lift up my head, which was sore
    Which made me to think o' the lassie I left far away on the shamrock shore.

4.  We safely reached the other side after three and twenty days,
    We were taken as passengers by a man and led round in six different ways,
    We each of us drank a parting glass, and kissed like we'd never meet more
    And we drank a health to old Ireland and Paddy's green shamrock shore.

5.  So fare thee well, sweet Liza dear and likewise to Derry town
    And twice farewell to my comrade boys that dwell on that sainted ground
    If fortune it ever should favour me, or I to have money in store
    I'll go back and I'll wed the wee lassie I left far away on the shamrock shore.