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