Oh (Em)please ne'er for(Bm)get me though (G)waves now lie (D)o'er me

I was (Em)once young and (Bm)pretty and my (F#m)spirit ran (Em)free

But destiny (Bm)tore me from (G)country and (D)loved ones

And (Em)from the new (Bm)land I was (F#m)never to (Em)see.

 

A poor (G)emigrant's (D)daughter too (Em)frightened to (D)know

I was (Em)leaving for(Bm)ever the (F#m)land of my (Em)soul

Amid (G)struggle and (D)fear my (Em)parents did (D)pray

To place (Em)courage to (Bm)leave o'er the (F#m)longing to (Em)stay.

 

 

They (Em)spoke of a (Bm)new land far a(G)way 'cross the (D)sea

And of (Em)peace and good (Bm)fortune for my (F#m)brothers and (Em)me

So we parted from (Bm)townland with much (G)weeping and (D)pain

'Kissed the (Em)loved ones and the (Bm)friends we would (F#m)ne'er see a(Em)gain.

 

The (G)vessel was (Bm)crowded with (Em)disquieted (D)folk

The es(Em)cape from past (Bm)hardship sus(F#m)taining their (Em)hope

But as the (G)last glimpse of (D)Ireland faded (Em)into the (D)mist

Each (Em)one fought back (Bm)tears and felt (F#m)strangely a(Em)lone.

 

 

The (Em)seas roared in (Bm)anger, making (G)desperate our (D)plight

And a (Em)fever came (Bm)o'er me that (F#m)worsened next (Em)night

Then delirium po(Bm)ssessed me and (G)clouded my (D)mind

And (Em)I for a (Bm)moment saw that (F#m)land left be(Em)hind.

 

I could (G)hear in the (Bm)distance my (Em)dear mother's (D)wailing

And the (Em)prayers of three (Bm)brothers that (F#m)I'd see no (Em)more

And I (G)felt father's (D)tears as he (Em)begged for for(D)giveness

For (Em)seeking a (Bm)new life on the (F#m)still distant (Em)shore.

 

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