[Verse]
Farewell my country, a fond farewell,
My tale of anguish, no tongue can tell,
For I'm forced to fly o'er the ocean wide,
From the home I love by Lough Sheelin side.

How proud was I of my girl so fair,
I was envied most by the young men there,
When I brought her back, a bashful bride,
To my cottage home by Lough Sheelin side.

[Chorus]
Farewell my love, a fond adieu,
Farewell my comrades and my country too,
For I'm forced to fly o'er the ocean wide,
From the home I love by Lough Sheelin side.

[Verse]
But all our joys were too good to last,
For the landlord came, our young hopes to blast,
In vain we pleaded for mercy, no,
He hurled us out in the blinding snow.

Then no one opened for us their door,
For ill felt vengeance would reach them sure,
My Eileen fainted in my arms and died,
On that snowy night by Lough Sheelin side.

[Chorus]
Farewell my love, a fond adieu,
Farewell my comrades and my country too,
For I'm forced to fly o'er the ocean wide,
From the home I love by Lough Sheelin side.

[Verse]
I buried her down in the churchyard low,
Where in the springtime the wild flowers grow,
I shed no tears for my tongue felt dry,
On that fearful night by Lough Sheelin side.

Farewell my country, farewell all day,
The ship will soon take me far away,
But, oh, my fond heart would sooner bide,
Near my Eileen's grave by Lough Sheelin side.

[Chorus]
Farewell my love, a fond adieu,
Farewell my comrades and my country too,
For I'm forced to fly o'er the ocean wide,
From the home I love by Lough Sheelin side.