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In the days I went a courtin', I was never tired resortin',
To the ale house and the play house or many a house beside;
I told me brother Seamus l'd go off and get right famous,
And before l'd return again l'd roam the world wide.
So goodbye, Muirsheen Durkin, l'm sick and tired of working,
No more I'll dig the praties, no longer I'll be a fool;
For as sure as me name is Carney, I'll be off to California,
Where instead of diggin' praties I'll be diggin' lumps of gold.
I've courted girls in Blarney, in Kanturk, and in Killarney,
In Passage and in Queenstown, that is the Cobh of Cork;
But goodbye to all this pleasure, for l'm going to take me leisure
And the next time you will hear from me will be a letter from New York.
Goodbye to all the boys at home, l'm sailing far across the foam,
To try to make me fortune in far America;
For there's gold and money plenty for the poor and gentry,
And when I come back again I never more will stray.
A variant was recorded by Ryan's Fancy (An Irish Night At The Black Knight Lounge ©1971, Marathon Records).
See more songs by Ryan's Fancy.
A variant was also recorded as Goodbye Mrs. Durkin by The Irish Rovers (The Unicorn, 1967).
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[C] In the days I went a- [G7] courtin', I was never tired re- [C] sortin',
To the ale house and the [G] play house or many a house be- [C] side;
I told me brother [G7] Seamus I'd go off and get right [C] famous,
And before I'd re- [G7] turn again I'd roam the world [C] wide.
