[Verse]
Oh, me name hasn't mattered for manys a day,
I was born on the west coast of Clare,
By the time I was married and had my own land,
There were many who envied me there.

Our home was contented, the years quickly passed,
We had four lads to carry our name,
Then one year the crops failed and the hunger set in,
I was certain that I was to blame.

[Chorus]
And often I think about Doolin,
And our cottage a lifetime away,
Though I'm chained here and bound, my heart can't be found,
In this prison on Fremantle Bay.

[Verse]
There was manys an evening I stood by the door,
I looked out where our crops used to be,
Though the pain deep inside when I looked in the eyes,
Of our children, it drove me to steal.

It was raining the night that the sheriff's men came,
And the judge gave his verdict next day,
For the lamb that you've stolen you'll have to be sent,
To a colony where you must stay.

[Chorus]
And often I think about Doolin,
And our cottage a lifetime away,
Though I'm chained here and bound, my heart can't be found,
In this prison on Fremantle Bay.

[Verse]
Now the sun it beats down from a merciless sky,
And the rocks they cut into our feet ,
Though the work's very hard and there's never a break,
For unfortunate men such as me.

Oh, me crime costs a shilling and sixpence to mend,
But it took me away cross the sea,
And now I must live out the rest of my days,
In a land that means nothing to me.

[Chorus]
And often I think about Doolin,
And our cottage a lifetime away,
Though I'm chained here and bound, my heart can't be found,
In this prison on Fremantle Bay.

[Chorus]
And often I think about Doolin,
And our cottage a lifetime away,
Though I'm chained here and bound, my heart can't be found,
In this prison on Fremantle Bay.