Oh, I just came in to see you all
I'll only stay a while
I want to see how you're getting on
I want to see your smile
I'm happy to be back again
I'll greet you big and small
For there's no place else on earth just like
The homes of Donegal
I want to see your smiling children
Standing by the door
The kettle boiling on the hearth
As I walked up the floor
And there to see, a welcome free
For travellers, one and all
For your hearts are like your mountains in
The homes of Donegal
I'd like to stay along with you
And while away the night
With tales of yore and the fairy lore
Beside the turf fire bright
And there to see, laid out for me
A shakedown by the wall
For there's rest for weary wanderers in
The homes of Donegal
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Now the time has come that I must go
I'll bid you all adieu
For the open highway calls me back
To do these things I do
But, when I'm travelling far away
Your friendship, I'll recall
And please God I soon return unto
The homes of Donegal
Oh, I just came in to see you all
I'll only stay a while
I want to see how you're getting on
I want to see your smile
I'm happy to be back again
I'll greet you big and small
For there's no place else on Earth just like
The homes of Donegal
For there's no place else on Earth just like
The homes of Donegal