[Verse]
From Derry Quay we sailed away on the twenty third of June,
We were boarded by a pleasant crew bound for Americay,
Fresh water there we did take on, five thousand gallons or more,
In case we'd run short running to New York far away from the shamrock shore.

[Chorus]
So fare thee well sweet Liza dear and likewise to Derry town,
And twice farewell to me comrade, boys, who dwelt on the sainted ground,
If fortune it ever should favour me or I to have money in store,
I'll go back and I'll wed this wee lassie I left on Paddy's green shamrock shore.

[Verse]
Well we sailed three days and we were all seasick, not a man on board was free,
We were all confined unto our bunks with no one to pity poor me,
No father dear nor mother kind to hold up me head when twas sore,
Which made me think more on the lassie I left on Paddy's green shamrock shore.

[Chorus]
So fare thee well sweet Liza dear and likewise to Derry town,
And twice farewell to me comrade, boys, who dwelt on the sainted ground,
If fortune it ever should favour me or I to have money in store,
I'll go back and I'll wed this wee lassie I left on Paddy's green shamrock shore.

[Chorus]
So fare thee well sweet Liza dear and likewise to Derry town,
And twice farewell to me comrade, boys, who dwelt on the sainted ground,
If fortune it ever should favour me or I to have money in store,
I'll go back and I'll wed this wee lassie I left on Paddy's green shamrock shore.

[Verse]
Well we safely reached the other side, in three and twenty days,
We were taken as passengers by a man and led round in six different ways,
We each of us drank a parting glass, in case we might never meet more,
And we drank a health to old Ireland and Paddy's green shamrock shore.

[Chorus]
So fare thee well sweet Liza dear and likewise to Derry town,
And twice farewell to me comrade, boys, who dwelt on the sainted ground,
If fortune it ever should favour me or I to have money in store,
I'll go back and I'll wed this wee lassie I left on Paddy's green shamrock shore,
I'll go back and I'll wed this wee lassie I left on Paddy's green shamrock shore.