Homes of Donegal

Oh, I just came in to see you all I'll only stay a while I want to see how you're getting on I want to see your smile I'm happy to be back again I'll greet you big and small For there's no place else on earth just like The homes of Donegal I want to see your smiling children Standing by the door The kettle boiling on the hearth As I walked up the floor And there 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 tales of yore and the fairy lore Beside the turf fire bright And there to see, laid out for me A shakedown by the wall For there's rest for weary wanderers in The homes of Donegal Now the time has come that I must go I'll 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 soon return unto The homes of Donegal Oh, I just came in to see you all I'll only stay a while I want to see how you're getting on I want to see your smile I'm happy to be back again I'll greet you big and small For there's no place else on Earth just like The homes of Donegal For there's no place else on Earth just like The homes of Donegal