Craigie Hill

It being in the springtime when the small birds they were singing

Down by yon shady harbour I carelessly did stray

Well the thrushes they were warbling, and the violets they were charming

To view to lovers talking, a while I did delay

She said, my dear don′t leave me all for another season

Though fortune does be pleasing I′ll go along with you

I′ll forsake friends and relations and bid this Irish nation

And to the bonny Bann banks forever I ′ll bid adieu

He said, my dear don′t grieve me or you annoy my patience

You know I love you dearly the more I′m going away

I′m going to a foreign nation to purchase a plantation

To comfort us here after all in Amerikay

Then after a short while and a fortune does be pleasing

It’ll cause them all to smile at our late going away

We′ll be happy as Queen Victoria, all in her greatest glory

We′ll be drinking wine and porter all in Amerikay

The landlords and their agents，The bailiffs and their beagles

The land of our forefathers, we're going for to giveo'er

And now we're sailing o'er the ocean for honour and promotion

And parting from our sweethearts-its them we do adore

If you were lying in your bed and thinking about dying

The sight of the bonny Bann banks, your sorrow you′d give o′er

Or if were just one hour, down in yon shady bower,

Pleasure would surround you, and you'd think on death no more.

So fare you well, sweet Cragie Hills, where often times I′ve roved

I never thought my child-days I ′d part you ever more

Now we′re sailing over the ocean for honour and promotion

And the bonny boats are sailing, way down by Doorin shore