'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