「歌曲」The Dubliners - The Fairmoye Lasses And Sporting Paddy

I am a roving young fellow
My name it is Paddy McGee
I come from the County of Tyrone
Was born in sweet Drogheda
I courted a girl, a charming little girl
She lived in sweet Drogheda
She said she'd marry me without delay
And be my charming bride

But I got drunk, yes I got drunk
My dear she did not know
I fell asleep, yes I fell asleep
Down by the broad Mayo
When I awoke, yes I awoke
Four men they stood around me
They stood and gazed into my face
Saying "Arrah, Paddy, you're going to leave us"

They brought me down to the station house
And then they did me examine
They gave to me a number
And they told me of my crime
They put me on a steamboat
And they sent me o'er the main
For seven long years, in Van Diemen's Land
I was to remain

The first day that I landed there
Upon that foreign soil
The boss he came along to me
Saying "Paddy, you must work"
He put me on a big long spade
I had to work my fill
And every time I'd look around
He'd be there with a big whip

Now I've served out my seven years
And I'm going back again
I'll go back to the County of Tyrone
And see my friends again
I'll go back to the County of Tyrone
And settle down at home
And if ever I go roaming again
I'll never more leave home