Mary of Dungloe
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1. Oh, then fare thee well, sweet Donegal, the Rosses
and Gweedore,
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I'm crossing the main
ocean where the foaming billows roar.
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It breaks my heart from you to
part where I spent many happy days,
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farewell
to kind relations, I am bound for Amerikay.
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2. Oh, then, Mary, you're my heart's delight, my pride and only care,
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it
was your cruel father would not let me to stay here.
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But absence makes the heart grow fond, and when
I am over the main,
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may
the Lord protect my darling girl, 'till I return again.
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3. And I wish I was in sweet Dungloe and
seated on the grass,
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and
by my side a bottle of wine and on my knee a lass.
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I'd call for liquour
of the best, and I'd pay before I'd go,
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and
I'd roll my Mary in my arms in the town of sweet Dungloe.
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And I'd roll my Mary in my
arms in the town of sweet Dungloe.
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Tommy
Fleming)