I just stepped in to see you all, I'll only stay a while,
I want to see how you're getting on, I want to see you smile,
I'm happy to be back again, I greet you, big and small,
For there's no place else on Earth just like the home of Donegal.

I long to see your smiling children, standing by the door,
The kettle boiling on the hearth, as I walk on your floor,
And then to see a welcome free for travellers one and all,
For your hearts are like your mountains in the homes of Donegal

I'd like to stay along with you and while away the night,
With the fairy lore and the tales of yore, beside the turf fire bright,
And then to see laid out for me, a shake down by the wall,
For there's rest for weary wanderers in the homes of Donegal.

The time has come and I must go and bid you all adieu,
For the open highway calls me back, to do these things I do,
But when I'm travelling far away, your friendship I'll recall,
And please God, I'll soon return unto the homes of Donegal,
And please God, I'll soon return unto the homes of Donegal.