When I was young and in my prime,
The age being twenty-one,
I acted as a servant to
A noble gentleman
I served him true and honestly,
And 'tis well it's known
But cruely, he banished me
From Erin's lovely home

The reason for my banishment,
I mean to let you know,
It's true I loved his daugter
And she loved me also,
She had a very large fortune
But riches I had none,
And that's the reason I must go
From Erin's lovely home

It was in her father's garden,
All in the month of June
Viewing these fine roses,
All in their youthful bloom
She said; "My dearest w____,
If along with me you'll roam,
We'll bid farewell to all our friends
And Erin's lovely Home"

We landed into Belfast town,
By the break of day,
My true love, she got ready
Our passage for to pay
Five thousand pounds she counted down,
Saying "This will be your own,
For we never can return again to Erin's lovely home"

But to our sad misfortune,
I mean to let you hear,
It was in the few hours after
Her father did appear,
He brought me back to Omagh Jail,
In the County of Tyrone,
There I was tried and banished
From Erin's lovely home

As I laid under sentence
Before I went away
My true love, she stepped upto me
And this to me did say
"Cheer up my dearest w____,
It's you I'll ne'er disown
Until you return again
To Erin's lovely home

The parting with my own true love
Grieves my heart full sore
But the parting with my native home
Grieves my ten times more
There are seven links upon my chain
And every link a year
It's then I can return again
To the arms of my dear

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