Muirsheen Durkin

In the days I went a-courtin', I was never tired resortin'

To an alehouse or a playhouse and many's a house beside

I told me brother Seamus I'd go off and be right famous

And I never would return again 'til I'd roam the world wide

It's goodbye, Muirsheen Durkin, sure, I'm sick and tired of workin'

No more I'll dig the prátaís, no longer I'll be fooled

As sure as my name is Carney I'll be off to Californ-y

Instead of diggin' prátaís, I'll be diggin' lumps of gold

Well, I've courted girls in Blarney, in Kanturk, and in Killarney

In Passage and in Queenstown, that is the Cobh of Cork

Goodbye to all this pleasure, I'll be off to take me leisure

And the next time that you'll hear from me will be a letter from New York

It's goodbye, Muirsheen Durkin, sure, I'm sick and tired of workin'

No more I'll dig the prátaís, no longer I'll be fooled

As sure as my name is Carney I'll be off to Californ-y

Instead of diggin' prátaís, I'll be diggin' lumps of gold

Goodbye to all the girls at home, I'm going far across the foam

To try and make me fortune in far Ameri-cay

There's gold and jewels in plenty for the poor and for the gentry

And when I return again, I never more will say

Goodbye, Muirsheen Durkin, I'm sick and tired of workin'

No more I'll dig the prátaís, no longer I'll be fooled

As sure as my name is Carney I'll be off to Californ-y

Instead of diggin' prátaís, I'll be diggin' lumps of gold

Instead of diggin' prátaís, I'll be diggin' lumps of gold