Mursheen Durkin-Johnny McEvoy

[ti:Muirsheen Durkin] [ar:Johnny McEvoy] [al:Legends Of Irish Folk] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mursheen Durkin - Johnny McEvoy [00:12.16]In the days I went a courtin' [00:13.85]I was never tired resortin' [00:15.80] [00:16.50]To an ale-house or a playhouse [00:18.08]And many's the house besides [00:19.88] [00:20.51]But I told me brother Seamus [00:22.29]I'd go off and be right famous [00:24.42]And I never would return again 'til [00:26.75]I roamed the world wide [00:28.05] [00:29.54]Goodbye Muirsheen Durkin [00:31.38]Sure I'm sick and tired of working [00:33.06] [00:33.69]No more I'll dig the praties [00:35.42]And no longer I'll be fooled [00:37.12] [00:37.95]As sure's me name is Carney [00:39.62]I'll be off to California [00:41.64]Where instead of diggin' praties [00:43.58]I'll be diggin' lumps of gold [00:45.28] [00:46.98]I've courted girls in Blarney [00:48.73]In Kanturk and in Killarney [00:50.81]In Passage and in Queenstown [00:53.06]That is the Cobh of Cork [00:55.00]Goodbye to all this pleasure [00:56.88]I'll be off to take me leisure [00:58.88]And the next time that you hear from me [01:01.29]Will be a letter from New York [01:02.71] [01:04.09]So it's Goodbye Muirsheen Durkin [01:05.37] [01:05.92]I'm sick and tired of working [01:07.45] [01:08.31]No more I'll dig the praties [01:10.07]And no longer I'll be fooled [01:12.43]As sure's me name is Carney [01:14.12]I'll be off to California [01:15.35] [01:16.05]Where instead of diggin' praties [01:18.04]I'll be diggin' lumps of gold [01:19.82] [01:21.49]Goodbye to the boys at [01:23.34]I'm going far across the foam [01:25.62]To try and make me fortune in far Amerikay [01:28.81] [01:29.43]There's gold and money [01:30.64]And plenty for the poor and for the gentry [01:33.30]And when I come back again [01:35.50]I never more will say [01:37.90] [01:38.82]Goodbye Muirsheen Durkin [01:40.40]Sure I'm sick and tired of working [01:42.56]No more I'll dig the praties [01:44.35]And no longer I'll be fooled [01:46.81]As sure's me name is Carney [01:48.55]I'll be off to California [01:50.38]Where instead of diggin' praties [01:52.39]I'll be diggin' lumps of gold