Irish traditional song lyrics — collected by Beer Belly Band.
Oh the green and red of Mayo, I can see it still
Its soft and craggy boglands, its tall majestic hills
Where the ocean kisses Ireland and the wave caress the shore
The feeling that comes over me, to say forevermore, forevermore
For its rolling coastal waters you can see Croagh Patrick’s Peak
Where one Sunday every summer the pilgrims climb the reek
Where Saint Patrick in his solitude looked down across Clew Bay
With the ringing of the bells called the faithful there to pray, there to pray
Take me to Clare Island the home of Granuaile
Its waters harbor fishes from the herring to the whale
And now I must departed it and reality is plain
May the time not pass so slowly until I set sail again, set sail again
Oh the green and red of Mayo, I can see it still
Its soft and craggy boglands, its tall majestic hills
Where the ocean kisses Ireland and the wave caress the shore
The feeling that comes over me, to say forevermore, forevermore