Homes of Donegal

Oh, I just came in to see you all

I'll only stay a while

I want to see how you're getting on

I want to see your smile

I'm happy to be back again

I'll greet you big and small

For there's no place else on earth just like

The homes of Donegal

I want to see your smiling children

Standing by the door

The kettle boiling on the hearth

As I walked up the floor

And there to see, a welcome free

For travellers, one and all

For your hearts are like your mountains in

The homes of Donegal

I'd like to stay along with you

And while away the night

With tales of yore and the fairy lore

Beside the turf fire bright

And there to see, laid out for me

A shakedown by the wall

For there's rest for weary wanderers in

The homes of Donegal

Now the time has come that I must go

I'll bid you all adieu

For the open highway calls me back

To do these things I do

But, when I'm travelling far away

Your friendship, I'll recall

And please God I soon return unto

The homes of Donegal

Oh, I just came in to see you all

I'll only stay a while

I want to see how you're getting on

I want to see your smile

I'm happy to be back again

I'll greet you big and small

For there's no place else on Earth just like

The homes of Donegal

For there's no place else on Earth just like

The homes of Donegal