Dear Old Donegal-Josef Locke

[ti:Dear Old Donegal] [ar:Josef Locke & Orchestra] [al:Forever Gold - Hear My Song Violetta (Remastered)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Dear Old Donegal - Josef Locke [00:05.11]It seems like only yesterday [00:07.45]I sailed from out of Cork [00:09.61]A wanderer from Erin's isle [00:12.04]I landed in New York [00:14.11]There wasn't a soul to greet me there [00:16.51]A stranger on your shore [00:18.54]But Irish luck was with me here [00:20.82]And riches came galore [00:22.37] [00:23.03]And now that I'm going back again [00:25.43]To dear old Erin's isle [00:27.57]My friends will meet me on the pier [00:29.96]And greet me with a smile [00:31.47] [00:32.01]Their faces sure I've almost forgot [00:34.44]I've been so long away [00:35.76] [00:36.35]But me mother will introduce them all [00:38.85]And this to me will say [00:40.39] [00:40.90]Shake hands with your Uncle Mike me boy [00:44.67]And here is your sister Kate [00:46.39]And there's the girl you used to swing [00:48.58]Down by the garden gate [00:50.08] [00:50.82]Shake hands with all of the neighbours [00:53.13]And kiss the colleens all [00:55.12]You're as welcome as the flowers in May [00:57.70]To dear old Donnegal [00:59.19] [00:59.86]They'll give a party when I go home [01:02.11]They'll come from near and far [01:04.22]They'll give a party when I go home [01:06.39]They'll line the roads for miles and miles [01:08.63]The spirits'll flow and we'll be gay [01:10.92]We'll fill your hearts with joy [01:12.88]The piper'll play an Irish reel [01:15.47]To greet the Yankee boy [01:16.74] [01:17.34]We'll dance and sing the whole night long [01:19.71]Such fun as never seen [01:21.50]The lads'll be decked in corduroy [01:23.86]The colleens wearin' green [01:25.54] [01:26.09]There'll be thousands there that I never saw [01:28.61]I've been so long away [01:29.83] [01:30.43]But me mother will introduce them all [01:32.94]And this to me will say [01:34.45]Shake hands with your Uncle Mike me boy [01:38.48]And here is your sister Kate [01:40.40]And there's the girl you used to swing [01:42.76]Down by the garden gate [01:44.21] [01:44.86]Shake hands with all of the neighbours [01:47.19]And kiss the colleens all [01:48.56] [01:49.13]You're as welcome as the flowers in May [01:51.61]To dear old Donnegal [01:53.41]Meet Branigan Fannigan Milligan Gilligan [01:56.05]Duffy McCuffy Malachy Mahone [01:58.24]Rafferty Lafferty Donnelly Connelly [02:00.29]Dooley O'Hooley Muldowney Malone [02:02.46]Madigan Cadigan Lanihan Flanihan [02:04.36]Fagan O'Hagan O'Hoolihan Flynn [02:06.48]Shanihan Manihan Fogarty Hogarty [02:08.72]Kelly O'Kelly McGuinness McGuinn [02:10.92]Shake hands with your Uncle Mike me boy [02:14.17]And here is your sister Kate [02:15.72] [02:16.24]And there's the girl you used to swing [02:18.49]Down by the garden gate [02:19.84] [02:20.52]Shake hands with all of the neighbours [02:22.86]And kiss the colleens all [02:24.38] [02:24.89]You're as welcome as the flowers in May [02:31.10]To dear old Donnegal