Leavin of Liverpool

Fare thee well to you my own true love
I am sailing far away
For I am bound for California
And I know that I'll return some day

So fare thee well my own true love
When I return united we will be
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
But me darling when I think of thee

Near Banbridge Town in the County Down
One morning last July
From a boreen green came a sweet colleen
And she smiled as she passed me by

She looked so sweet from her two bare feet
To the sheen of her nut brown hair
Such a coaxing elf, had to shake myself
To make sure I was standing there
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and
From Galway to Dublin Town
No maid I've seen like the sweet colleen
That I met in the County Down

I remember the night that he came in
From the wintery cold and damp
A giant of a man in an oilskin coat
And a bundle I thought he was a tramp
He stood at the bar and he called a pint,
Then turned and gazed at the fire

On a night like this, to be save and dry is my one and
Only desire
So here's to those that are dead and gone, the friends
That I loved dear
And here's to you and I'll bid you adieu, saying
"Donegal Danny's been here, me boys
Donegal Danny's been here"