"Dear Little Shamrock Shore" lyrics

'Twas the landlords who drove us from Ireland
Their high rents were our prison walls
Then the famine came 'round
And blackened the ground
And the auctioneer's hammer did fall

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

Our ship lies in fair Derry Harbour
To bear us safe over the foam
Out to Halifax town I soon will be bound
Far away from me native home

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

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

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

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

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

While rivers still run to the ocean
And wee birds on feathered wings soar
I will dream of the day when home I will stray
To the dear little shamrock shore

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

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
To the dear little shamrock shore