The Dear Little Shamrock Shore Lyrics - Home In Ireland - Irish Rovers

Twas the landlords that drove us from Ireland 

The high rents were our prison walls 

Then the famine came round 

And blackened the ground 

And the auctioneers hammer did fall 

Chorus 

Farewell to the ones I adore 

And the land I will see never more 

For I'm saying goodbye 

With a tear in me eye 

To the dear little shamrock shore 

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A ship lies in Fairbury harbor 

Barely safe over the foam 

But to Halifax town 

I soon will be bound 

Far away from me native home 

Chorus 

Well they all came to wish me safe journey 

The parting still grieves on me mind 

Me parents so dear 

Me friends far and near 

And the girl I left behind 

Chorus 

There's work to be had if your able 

The new world has treated me fine 

With me shovel and spade 

I toil at me trade 

But riches will never be mine 

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Chorus 

Well rivers still run to the ocean 

The wee birds on feathered wings soar 

I dream of the day 

When home I will stray 

To the dear little shamrock shore 

Chorus twice