[Chorus]
Auf wiedersehen to Crossmaglen,
Farewell to Carrickmore!
I've seen enough of Ireland boys,
And I won't be back for more!
And I won't be back for more!

[Verse]
The recruiting sergeant, he told me, "Son,
Now army life is fine!"
But he did not mention mortar bombs,
Or bloody claymore mines!

[Chorus]
So auf wiedersehen to Crossmaglen,
Farewell to Carrickmore!
I've seen enough of Ireland boys,
And I won't be back for more!
And I won't be back for more!

[Verse]
He told me of the German girls,
The discos every night!
But the only crack in South Armagh,
Comes from an Armalite!

[Chorus]
So auf wiedersehen to Crossmaglen,
Farewell to Carrickmore!
I've seen enough of Ireland boys,
And I won't be back for more!
And I won't be back for more!

[Verse]
Well I've spent some time on the Toomebridge line,
Where I thought I'd know no fear!
Then a van-bomb parked outside our base,
Brought the barracks around my ears!

[Chorus]
So auf wiedersehen to Crossmaglen,
Farewell to Carrickmore!
I've seen enough of Ireland boys,
And I won't be back for more!
And I won't be back for more!

[Verse]
So farewell at last to West Belfast,
To the Markets and the Falls!
I quickly got the message there,
It was written on the wall!

[Chorus]
So auf wiedersehen to Crossmaglen,
Farewell to Carrickmore!
I've seen enough of Ireland boys,
And I won't be back for more!
And I won't be back for more!

[Verse]
So you young lads, who in England be,
Signing on the brew!
Keep well away from the IRA,
And they won't bother you!

[Chorus]
So auf wiedersehen to Crossmaglen,
Farewell to Carrickmore!
I've seen enough of Ireland boys,
And I won't be back for more!
And I won't be back for more!.

[Chorus]
So auf wiedersehen to Crossmaglen,
Farewell to Carrickmore!
I've seen enough of Ireland boys,
And I won't be back for more!
And I won't be back for more!.