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It seems like only yesterday |
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I sailed from out of |
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CorkA wanderer from |
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Erin's isle |
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I landed in |
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New YorkThere wasn't a soul to greet me there |
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A stranger on your shore |
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But Irish luck was with me here |
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And riches came galore |
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And now that |
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I'm going back again |
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To dear old |
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Erin's isle |
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My friends will meet me on the pier |
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And greet me with a smile |
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Their faces, sure, |
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I've almost forgot |
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I've been so long away |
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But me mother will introduce them all |
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And this to me will say |
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Shake hands with your |
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Uncle Mike, me boy |
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And here is your sister, |
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KateAnd there's the girl you used to swing |
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Down by the garden gate |
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Shake hands with all of the neighbours |
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And kiss the colleens all |
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You're as welcome as the flowers in |
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MayTo dear old |
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DonnegalThey'll give a party when |
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I go homeThey'll come from near and far |
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They'll line the roads for miles and miles |
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With Irish jauntin' cars |
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The spirits'll flow and we'll be gay |
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We'll fill your hearts with joy |
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The piper'll play an |
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Irish reel |
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To greet the |
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Yankee boy |
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We'll dance and sing the whole night long |
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Such fun as never seen |
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The lads'll be decked in corduroy |
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The colleens wearin' green |
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There'll be thousands there that |
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I never saw |
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I've been so long away |
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But me mother will introduce them all |
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And this to me will say |
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Shake hands with your |
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Uncle Mike, me boy |
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And here is your sister, |
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KateAnd there's the girl you used to swing |
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Down by the garden gate |
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Shake hands with all of the neighbours |
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And kiss the colleens all |
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You're as welcome as the flowers in |
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MayTo dear old |
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DonnegalMeet |
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Branigan, |
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Fannigan, |
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Milligan, |
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GilliganDuffy, |
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McCuffy, Malachy, |
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MahoneRafferty, |
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Lafferty, |
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Donnelly, |
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ConnellyDooley, |
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O'Hooley, |
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Muldowney, |
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MaloneMadigan, |
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Cadigan, Lanihan, |
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FlanihanFagan, |
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O'Hagan, O' |
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Hoolihan, |
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FlynnShanihan, |
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Manihan, Fogarty, |
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HogartyKelly, |
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O'Kelly, Mc |
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Guinness, |
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McGuinnShake hands with your |
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Uncle Mike, me boy |
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And here is your sister, |
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KateAnd there's the girl you used to swing |
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Down by the garden gate |
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Shake hands with all of the neighbours |
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And kiss the colleens all |
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You're as welcome as the flowers in |
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MayTo dear old |
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Donnegal |
