lyrics: not against my own – sailing east for Ireland

cd: Not Against My Own

track 14: Sailing East for Ireland

I’m sailing east for Ireland
I’m finally going home
I’m not the wealthy buying man
I thought I’d sure become
But I never lost my way
And I prayed I’d get the chance to say
I’m sailing east for Ireland
I’m going homeTen years ago I left the Isle
A barely fifteen year old child
Convinced that I would show the world
That I was now a man
I took a steamer heading west
America would be my test
No doubt that I would be the best
T’was such a lovely plan (and now I’m)

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I’ve had no trouble in this land
I’ve kept this shovel in my hand
A steady working Irish man
Would make my mother proud
But no one knows or cares for me
And God I miss my family
At night when I’d look out to sea
I’d long for County Down

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I wonder who’ll be waiting there
Young Katie with the auburn hair
She’s probably married off somewhere
I shouldn’t be surprised
But first loves always cast a spell
I made the choice and time would tell
Some other lad has surely fell
For those fiery hazel eyes

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They say we’ll be arriving soon
Look for land tomorrow noon
The fiddler’s playin’ a lively tune
So near the glorious day
The waves rock us to and fro
We crowd the rail and hope to know
We were the first to see her show
Green hills above the quay

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