Muirsheen Durkin Lyrics

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Oh it's goodbye muirsheen durkin, i'm sick and tired of workin
No more i'll dig the praties, no longer i'll be poor
As sure as my name is carney, i'll be off to californi
Instead of digging praties, i'll be digging lumps of gold

Well in my days a courtin', I was never done resortin'
To the alehouse or the playhouse, or many the house between
I told me brother seasmus, i'd go off and get right famous
I never would return again til i've seen the whole world through

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I've called on girls in blarney, county cork, and in killarney
In passage and in queenstown, and many the towns between
So goodbye to all mispleasure, for i'm off to take my leisure
And the next time that you hear from me, will be a letter from new york

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Goodbye to the girls at home, i'm heading away across the foam
To try to make my fortune, in far America
For there's gold and jewels a plenty, for the poor and gentry
And when I come back home again, I never more will stray

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