Muirsheen Durkin

In the days I went a courtin', I was never tired resortin'
 To an alehouse or a playhouse and many's the house beside
 But I told me brother Seamus, I'd go off and be right famous
 And I'd never would return again till I'd roam the world wide
 Goodbye Muirsheen Durkin, I'm sick and tired of workin'
 No more, I'll dig the prates and no longer, I'll be fooled
 As sure as me name is Carney, I'll be off to Californy
 Where instead of diggin' prates, I'll be diggin' lumps of gold
 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 and I'll be off to take me leisure
 And the next time that you hear from me will be a letter from New York
 Goodbye Muirsheen Durkin, oh, I'm sick and tired of workin'
 No more, I'll dig the prates and no longer, I'll be fooled
 As sure as me name is Carney, I'll be off to Californy
 Where instead of diggin' prates, 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 America
 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, sure I'm sick and tired of workin'
 No more, I'll dig the prates and no longer, I'll be fooled
 As sure as me name is Carney, I'll be off to Californy
 Where instead of diggin' prates, I'll be diggin' lumps of gold