Tom: Am
Am G C F
You brave Irish heroes where e'er you may be
C F C Em
I pray, stand a moment and listen to me
C G C G
Your sons and fair daughters are all going away
Am G C F
And thousands are sailing to Americay
[Verse 2]
Am G C F
So, good luck to those people and safe may they land
C F C Em
They are leaving their country for a far distant strand
C G C G
They're leaving old Ireland, no longer can stay
Am G C F
And thousands are sailing to Americay
[Verse 3]
Am G C F
Now the night before leaving, they are bidding goodbye
C F C Em
And it's early next morning, their hearts give a sigh
C G C G
They turn, kiss their mothers and then they will say
Am G C F
"Farewell, dear old father, we must now go away"
[Instrumental]
Am
[Verse 4]
Am G C F
Oh, I pity the mother who rears up the child
C F C Em
And likewise the father who labours and toils
C G C G
To try to support them, he will work night and day
Am G C F
And when they are reared up, they will go away
[Verse 5]
Am G C F
So, good luck to those people and safe may they land
C F C Em
They are leaving their country for a far distant strand
C G C G
They're leaving old Ireland, no longer can stay
Am G C F
And thousands are sailing to Americay
