Dear Old Donegal by VARIOUS ARTISTS
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Three years ago, this very day
I left the port of Cork
And on a ship from old Erin's Isle
I landed in New York
Without a friend to meet me there
And a stranger on the shore
But I wore an honest Irish heart
And fortune came galore
So here I am, back again
On dear old Erin's Isle
The friends they meet me on the cay
And they greet me with a smile
For there's faces there that I surely forgot
For I was so long away
But me mother she introduces all
And this is what she say:
CHORUS
Shake hands with your uncle Mike, me boy
Shake hands with your sister Kate
And this is the girl you used to swing
Down on the garden gate
Shake hands with all of the neighbors
And kiss the colleens all
You're as welcome as the flowers in May
To dear old Donegal
There came Branigan, Flanigan, Milligan, Gilligan
Duffy, McGuffy, Mullachy, Mahone,
Rafferty, Lafferty, Donelly, Conelly,
Dooley, O'Hooley, Muldonney, Malone,
Lyan, O'Brien, Herlanahan, Flanahan,
Faigen, O'Haigen, O'Houlihan, Flynn,
Shanahan, Manahan, Fogerty, Hogerty,
Kelly, O'Skelly, MacGuiness, MacGuin
Then shake the hand of your Uncle Mike
And the hand of your sister Kate
And I'll hug and I'll squeeze as much as I please
The girl on the garden gate
Then invite all the neighbors
To the weddi' great and small
And I'll live content and pay no rent
In dear old DONEGAL