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

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

At the harvest dance, on the village green,
To the blind O'Leary's enchanting strain
No foot like her could so nimbly play,
No smile so sweetly as my Eileen's glance.

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

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

Now none would open for us their door,
For ill felt vengeance would reach them sure,
My Eileen fainted in my arms and died,
While the snow lay deep by Lough Sheelin side.

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

[Verse]
I said a prayer for my lifeless love,
And I raised my hands to the Lord above,
"Oh, God of justice," I wildly cried,
"Revenge the death of my murdered bride."

I laid her down in the churchyard low,
Where in the springtime the sweet daisies grow,
I shed no tears for my heart had died,
On that woeful night by Lough Sheelin side.

[Outro]
Farewell my country, I can no longer stay,
The ship will soon take me far away,
But, oh, my fond heart would sooner bide,
By my Eileen's grave by Lough Sheelin side,
By my Eileen's grave by Lough Sheelin side.