Goodbye Mursheen Durkin - The Wolfe Tones

In the days when I was courtin', I was never tired resortin'

To an alehouse or a playhouse or where a girl resides

But I told my brother Séamus I’m off to come right famous

And before that I’ll return again I’ll sail homeward while

Singing, «Goodbye, Mrs Durkin, I’m sick and tired of workin'

No more I’ll dig the pratees, no longer I’ll me fooled

For as sure as me name is Barney I’ll be off to Californy

Instead of diggin' pratees I’ll be diggin' lumps of gold»

Now I’ve courted girls in Blarney, in Kanturk and in Killarney

In Passage and in Newport, that’s in the Cobh of Cork

But enough now for me leisure, I’m off to make me treasure

And the next time you will hear from me is a letter from New York

Singing, «Goodbye, Mrs Durkin, I’m sick and tired of workin'

No more I’ll dig the pratees, no longer I’ll me fooled

For as sure as me name is Barney I’ll be off to Californy

Instead of diggin' pratees I’ll be diggin' lumps of gold»

Farewell to all the boys at home, I’m sailing far across the foam

I’m off to make me fortune in far Americay

There’s gold and silvers plenty for the poor and for the gentry

And when I come back home again I never more will stray

Singing, «Goodbye, Mrs Durkin, I’m sick and tired of workin'

No more I’ll dig the pratees, no longer I’ll me fooled

For as sure as me name is Barney I’ll be off to Californy

Instead of diggin' pratees I’ll be diggin' lumps of gold»