It seems like only yesterday
I sailed from out of Cork
Now on the way from Erin's Isle
I landed in New York
There wasn't a soul
to greet me there
A stranger on the shore
But Irish luck was with me here
And riches came galore
So now I'm goin' back again
to dear old Erin's Isle
My friends will meet me on the
pier and greet me with a smile
Their faces sure
I've almost forgot
I've been so long away
But me mother will
introduce them all
And this to me she'll say
Shake hands with your
Uncle Mike me boy
And here's your sister Kate
And here's the girl
you used to swing
down by the garden gate
Shake hands
with all of the neighbors
And kiss the colleens all
You're as welcome
as the flowers in May
to dear old Donegal
There came Branigan Flanagan
Milligan Gilligan
Duffy McGuffy
Mullachy Mahone
Rafferty Lafferty
Donnelly Connolly
Dooley O'Hooley
Muldonney Malone
Ryan O'Brien
Herlanahan Flanahan
Fagan O'Hagen
O'Houlihan Flynn
Shanahan Monahan
Fogarty Hogarty
Kelly O'Kelly
McGuinness McGuinn
Shake hands with your
Uncle Mike me boy
And here's your sister Kate
And there's the girl
you used to swing
down by the garden gate
Shake hands
with all of the neighbors
And kiss the colleens all
And we'll live content
And pay no rent
to dear old Donegal