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The Dear Little Shamrock Shore
Irish Rovers

Twas the landlords that drove us from Ireland

The high rents were our prison walls

Then the famine came round

And blackened the ground

And the auctioneers hammer did fall

Chorus

Farewell to the ones I adore

And the land I will see never more

For I'm saying goodbye

With a tear in me eye

To the dear little shamrock shore

A ship lies in Fairbury harbor

Barely safe over the foam

But to Halifax town

I soon will be bound

Far away from me native home

Chorus

Well they all came to wish me safe journey

The parting still grieves on me mind

Me parents so dear

Me friends far and near

And the girl I left behind

Chorus

There's work to be had if your able

The new world has treated me fine

With me shovel and spade

I toil at me trade

But riches will never be mine

Chorus

Well rivers still run to the ocean

The wee birds on feathered wings soar

I dream of the day

When home I will stray

To the dear little shamrock shore

Chorus twice


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