[Chorus]
Fare thee well, Enniskillen, farewell for a while,
And all your fair waters and every green isle,
Your green isles will flourish, your fair waters flow,
While I from old Ireland an exile must go.

[Verse]
A beautiful damsel of fame and renown,
A gentleman's daughter of Monaghan town,
As she rode by the barracks, this beautiful maid,
Sure, she stood on her coach to see dragoons on parade.

[Chorus]
Fare thee well, Enniskillen, farewell for a while,
And all your fair waters and every green isle,
Your green isles will flourish, your fair waters flow,
While I from old Ireland an exile must go.

[Verse]
Her hair was a brown as the young raven's wing,
Her eyes were as blue as the bluebells of spring,
And light was her laugh, like the sun on the sea,
Till the weight of the world came between her and me.

[Chorus]
Fare thee well, Enniskillen, farewell for a while,
And all your fair waters and every green isle,
Your green isles will flourish, your fair waters flow,
While I from old Ireland an exile must go.

[Verse]
If the worst comes to worst then it's only to die,
And the true lass that loves me can hold her head high,
Can hold her head high, though her fond heart may break,
For her lover loved boldly and died for her sake.

[Chorus]
Fare thee well, Enniskillen, farewell for a while,
And all your fair waters and every green isle,
Your green isles will flourish, your fair waters flow,
While I from old Ireland an exile must go.