- Back Home in Derry
In eighteen-o-three we sailed out to sea
Out from the sweet town of Derry
For Australia bound, if we didn't all drown
The marks of our fetters we carried
In our rusty iron chains we cried for our weans
Our good women we left in sorrow
As the main sails unfurled, our curses we hurled
- Come and Join the British Army- song
JOIN THE BRITISH ARMY
When I was young I used to be as fine a man as ever you'd see;
The Prince of Wales, he said to me, "Come and join the British army."
Too ra loo ra loo ra loo, they're looking for monkeys up in the zoo
If I had a face like you, I would join the British army.
Sarah Camdon baked a cake; it was all for poor old Slattery's sake.
- Fiddler's Green- song
FIDDLER'S GREEN
(John Connelly)
As I roved by the dockside on evening so rare
To view the still waters and take the salt air
I heard an old fisherman singing this song
O take me away boys my time is not long
- Go to Sea No More- song
Go to Sea No More
When first I landed in Liverpool,
I went upon a stray
Me money alas, I spent it fast,
Got drunk as drunk could be
And when that me money was all gone
'twas then I wanted more
- Kilkelly, Ireland
Kilkelly
(Peter Jones)
Kilkelly, Ireland, 1860, my dear and loving son John
Your good friend schoolmaster Pat McNamara's so good
as to write these words down.
Your brothers have all got a fine work in England,
the house is so empty and sad
- Leaving Tipperary
The ship it sails in half an hour to cross the broad Atlantic
My friends are standing on the quay with grief and sorrow frantic
I'm just about to sail away in the good ship Dan O'Leary
The anchor's weighed and the gangway's up, I'm leaving Tipperary
And it's goodbye Mick and goodbye Pat and goodbye Kate and Mary
The anchor's weighed and the gangway's up, I'm leaving Tipperary
And now the steam is blowing off, I have no more to say
- Leaving Tipperary- song
Leaving Tipperary
The Ship it sails in half an hour to cross the broad Atlantic
Me friends are standing on the quay with grief and sorrow frantic
I'm just about to sail away in the good ship Dan O'Leary
It's anchors aweigh and the gangways up, I'm leaving Tipperary
CHO: And it's goodbye Mick and goodbye Pat and goodbye Kate and Mary