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I’ve just come in to see you all; I’ll only stay a while,

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I want to hear how you’re getting on; I want to see you smile,

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I’m happy to be back again, and I greet you one and all,

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For there’s no place else on earth just like, the homes of Donegal.

I love to see your smiling children, standing by the door,

The kettle boiling on the hob, as I walk across the floor,

And then to see your welcome free, for travellers one and all,

For your hearts are like your mountains in, the homes of Donegal.

I’d love to spend some time with you, and while away the night,

The fairy lore and tales of yore, beside the turf fire’s light,

And then to see you leave for me, a shake-down by the wall,

A rest for weary wanderers, in the homes of Donegal.

And when the time has come to go; I’ll bid you all adieu,

The open highway calls me back, to do those things I do,

And when I’m travelling far away, your friendship I’ll recall,

And please God I’ll soon return again, to the homes of Donegal.

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