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Muirsheen Durkin (Colm O'Loughlin, orig. tune 'Cailini Deas Mhuigheo')

           C                    G7                              C          

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

                                          G                                          C                  

To the ale house or the play house, or many a house besides.

                           G7                                     C         

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

                                 G7                                                 C          

And I never would return again till I'd roamed the world wide  

Chorus :        

So goodbye Muirsheen Durkin, I'm sick and tired of working

No more I'll dig for praties, no longer I'll be fooled.

As sure as me name is Carney, I'll go off to California

Where instead of diggin' praties 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 .

So goodbye to all this pleasure, for I'm going to take me leisure

And next time that you’ll hear from me, will be a letter from New York .

Chorus:         

Goodbye to all the boys at home, I'm sailing far across the foam,

To try and make my fortune in far Amerikay

There's gold and jewels aplenty for the poor and for the gentry

And when I return again, I never more will stray.

Chorus:

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