Come all you loyal Irishmen and listen all for a while All you that wants to emigrate and leave the Emerald Isle A kind advice I do give you which you must bear in mind How you will be deluded when you leave your land behind
My name is Edward Connors and the same I'll ne'er disown I used to live in happiness near unto Portglenone I sold my farm as you will hear which grieves my heart full sore And I sailed away to Amerikay, I left the Shamrock Shore
For my mind it was deluded by letters that were sent By those that a few years ago to Canada had went They said that they like princes lived and earning gold galore And they laughed at our misfortune here at home on the Shamrock Shore
So it's with my wife and my family to Belfast I went down I booked our passage on a ship to Quebec she was bound My money it was growing short when I laid in sea-store But I thought my fortune would be won when we reached the other shore.
And when we three short days at sea a storm it soon arose It threw our ship on her beam-end and woke us from our repose Our sea-store then it was destroyed by water that down did pour How happy we would then have been at home on the Shamrock Shore
And when we were nine long days at sea our sea-store was all gone And there upon the ocean wide with nowhere for to run But for our captain's kindliness, he kindly gave us more We would have died with hunger e'er we reached the other shore
And it's when we landed in Quebec the sight that met our eyes Three hundred of our Irish boys that sorely did us surprise With a sorrowful lamentation, charity they did crave And the little trifle we could spare to them we freely gave
Well, I stayed around in Quebec Town looking some work to find My money it was growing short which troubled my mind For I had friends when I had cash but none when I was poor I never met with friendship yet like this on the Shamrock Shore
So come all who are intending now strange countries for to roam Bear in mind you have as good as Canada at home Before that you cross over the main where foaming billows roar Think on the happy days you spent all on the Shamrock ShoreTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
