Collected and Arranged: The Wolfe Tones



Chorus by B.Warfield



Farewell my Country a Long farewell



My tale of anguish no tongue can tell



For I'm forced to fly o'er the ocean wide



from the home I love by Lough Sheelin side.



How proud was I of my girl so mfair



I was envied most by the young men there



When I brought her back a bashful bride



To my cottage home by Lough Sheelin side.







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Farewell my love a fond adieu



Farewell my comrades and my country too



For I'm forced to fly o'er the ocean wide



From the home I love by Lough Sheelin side.







But all our joys were too good to last



for the Landlord came our young hopes to blast



In vain we pleaded for mercy no



He hurled us out in the blinding snow.



The no one opened for us their door



For ill-felt vengeance would reach them sure



My Eileen fainted in my arms and died



On that snowy night by Lough Sheelin side.







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I buried her down in the churchyard low



Where in the springtime the wild flowers grow



I shed no tears for my tongue felt dry



On that fearful night by Lough Sheelin side.



Farewell my country farewell all day



The ship will soon take me far away



But oh my fond heart would sooner bide



Near my Eileen's grave by Lough Sheelin side.



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