1
I am a rambling hero
I’ve travelled this country round
I passed a resolution to leave this
Irish Ground
Chorus
My napsack on my shoulder
My slaney in my hand
And i sailed away to USA
Like a rambling kerry man.
2
When i landed in America
The girls they jumped with joy
Says one of them to another
Here comes a Kerry Boy
One
treats me with a bottle
Another with a glass
And this health goes around the table
Here’s a health to a kerry
lad
I was Not long in Amerika
When years start 2 and 3
I passed a Resolution to go
Further out and see.
Chorus
My napsack on my shoulder
My slaney in my hand
And I sailed for Pennsylvania
Like a true Born Irish man
3
When I landed in Pennsylvania
I came to a railroad Inn
I met a landladys daughter
And she invited me in
She
asked me would I dine with her
And took me by the hand
And she shyly told her mother
She loved a kerry lad
4
O daughter dearest daughter
What do you mean to do
Do you mean to throw yourself away
To a man you never knew
O
hold your tounge dear mother
I’ll do the best i can
Well I’ve feelings and good nature
And the heart
of a kerry man
End.
