Oh, we'll stay awhile to bide awhile We'll never want to leave ya Oh, we'll stay awhile to bide awhile 'Til we come back to see ya As we were walkin' down to Wales one day We chanced upon young Tommy Clancy And we called to him, "Could you go a drink?" Said "He'll ask that's my fancy" Oh, we'll stay awhile to bide awhile We'll never want to leave ya Oh, we'll stay awhile to bide awhile 'Til we come back to see ya Oh, we drank to Tommy and he did the same We drank to all his hellish brothers And we drank to home and the girls we've known Then had one for our mothers Oh, we'll stay awhile to bide awhile We'll never want to leave ya Oh, we'll stay awhile to bide awhile 'Til we come back to see ya And then we sang those songs that we sang before We sang that we would drink forever When the last drop passed our lips that day We sang this song together Oh, we'll stay awhile to bide awhile We'll never want to leave ya Oh, we'll stay awhile to bide awhile 'Til we come back to see ya