i've just dropped in to see you all
i'll only stay a while
i want to see how you're getting on
i want to see you smile
i'm happy to be back again
to greet you one and all
for there's no place else on earth
just like the homes of donegal
i love to see your happy faces smiling at the door
the kettle singing on the hall
step out on your floor
for soon the teapots filling up
my cup is far from small
for your hearts are like your mountains
in the homes of donegal
oh darling
i long to sit alone with you
while away the night
with tales of pure and very more
inside your fireside bright
and then to see he prepared for me
a bed beside the wall
for your hearts are like your mountains
in the homes of donegal
the time has come for me to go
i'll bid you all adieu
the open highway calls on me
to do the things i do
and when i'm traveling far away
i'll hear your voices call
and please god i will return again
to the homes of donegal
please god i will return again to the homes of donegal
