Leavin of Liverpool

Fare thee well to you my own true love I am sailing far away For I am bound for California And I know that I'll return some day So fare thee well my own true love When I return united we will be It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me But me darling when I think of thee Near Banbridge Town in the County Down One morning last July From a boreen green came a sweet colleen And she smiled as she passed me by She looked so sweet from her two bare feet To the sheen of her nut brown hair Such a coaxing elf, had to shake myself To make sure I was standing there From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and From Galway to Dublin Town No maid I've seen like the sweet colleen That I met in the County Down I remember the night that he came in From the wintery cold and damp A giant of a man in an oilskin coat And a bundle I thought he was a tramp He stood at the bar and he called a pint, Then turned and gazed at the fire On a night like this, to be save and dry is my one and Only desire So here's to those that are dead and gone, the friends That I loved dear And here's to you and I'll bid you adieu, saying "Donegal Danny's been here, me boys Donegal Danny's been here"