Farewell to Carlingford

<So I bid farewell to Carlingford

and farewell to Greenore

And I think of you both day and night

Until I return once more, until I return once more.>

And all of the seven stormy seas

I have sailed before the mast

and the only thought within my heart

is I swore it would be my last

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And I was young and in my prime

And could wander wild and free

There was always a longing in my heart

To follow the call of the sea

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Well I had a girl called Mary Doyle

she lived in Greenore

And the only thought within her mind

was to keep me safe on shore

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A landman's life is all his own

He can go or he can stay

But when the sea gets in your blood

When she calls you must obey