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It seems like only yesterdayI sailed from out of CorkA wanderer from Erin's isleI landed in New YorkThere wasn't a soul to greet me thereA stranger on your shoreBut Irish luck was with me hereAnd riches came galoreAnd now that I'm going back againTo dear old Erin's isleMy friends will meet me on the pierAnd greet me with a smileTheir faces, sure, I've almost forgotI've been so long awayBut me mother will introduce them allAnd this to me will sayShake hands with your Uncle Mike, me boyAnd here is your sister, KateAnd there's the girl you used to swingDown by the garden gateShake hands with all of the neighboursAnd kiss the colleens allYou're as welcome as the flowers in MayTo dear old DonnegalSongtexteThey'll give a party when I go homeThey'll come from near and farThey'll line the roads for miles and milesWith Irish jauntin' carsThe spirits'll flow and we'll be gayWe'll fill your hearts with joyThe piper'll play an Irish reelTo greet the Yankee boyWe'll dance and sing the whole night longSuch fun as never seenThe lads'll be decked in corduroyThe colleens wearin' greenThere'll be thousands there that I never sawI've been so long awayBut me mother will introduce them allAnd this to me will sayShake hands with your Uncle Mike, me boyAnd here is your sister, KateAnd there's the girl you used to swingDown by the garden gateShake hands with all of the neighborsAnd kiss the colleens allYou're as welcome as the flowers in MayTo dear old DonnegalMeet Branigan, Fannigan, Milligan, GilliganDuffy, McCuffy, Malachy, MahoneRafferty, Lafferty, Donnelly, ConnellyDooley, O'Hooley, Muldowney, MaloneMadigan, Cadigan, Lanihan, FlanihanFagan, O'Hagan, O'Hoolihan, FlynnShanihan, Manihan, Fogarty, HogartyKelly, O'Kelly, McGuinness, McGuinnShake hands with your Uncle Mike, me boyAnd here is your sister, KateAnd there's the girl you used to swingDown by the garden gateShake hands with all of the neighborsAnd kiss the colleens allYou're as welcome as the flowers in MayTo dear old Donnegal Aus Songtexte Mania