PADDY’S GREEN SHAMROCK SHORE

Chanson traditionnelle irlandaise / Arrangement : Christophe Goudot

From Derry Quay we sailed away
On the twenty-third of May
We were boarded by a pleasant crew
All bound for Americay
Fresh water there we brought on board
Five thousand gallons or more
In case we’d run short
Going to New York
Far away from the Shamrock Shore

We sailed three weeks
And we were all seasick,
Not a man on board was free
We were all confined unto our bunks
With no one to pity poor me
No father dear nor mother kind
To hold up me head when t’was sore,
Which made me think more
On the lassie I left
On Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore

Well we safely sailed to the other side
In three and twenty days
We were taken as passengers by a man
And led round in six different ways,
We each of us had a parting glass
In case we might never meet more,
And we drank a health to old Ireland
And Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore

So fare thee well sweet Liza dear
And likewise to Derry town
And twice farewell to me comrade boys
Who dwell on that sainted ground
If fortune it ever should favour me
Or I to have money in store
I’ll come back and I’ll wed
The wee lassie I left
On Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore