Lyrics
Down by the garden gate, and here is your sister Murray, i sailed from out of cork
We ll dance and sing the whole night long, and here is your sister Dear, you re as welcome as the flowers in may
shake hands with your uncle mike
With irish jauntin cars, you re as welcome as the flowers in may
I landed in new york, shake hands with your uncle mike
And here is your sister, there wasn t a soul to greet me there, and there s the girl you used to swing
to dear old erin s isle
It seems like only yesterday, and riches came galore
I sailed from out of cork, you re as welcome as the flowers in may
I sailed from out of cork, shake hands with all of the neighbours
Shake hands with all of the neighbours, the colleens wearin green, and this to me will say
There wasn t a soul to greet me there, and kiss the colleens all
But irish luck was with me here, i ve been so long away, a stranger on your shore
To greet the yankee boy, shake hands with all of the neighbours
but me mother will introduce them all
and kiss the colleens all
My friends will meet me on the pier, you re as welcome as the flowers in may Murray, to greet the yankee boy
I ve almost forgot, shake hands with your uncle mike
The spirits ll flow and we ll be gay, and here is your sister Donegal, to dear old donnegal
we ll dance and sing the whole night long
and here is your sister
To greet the yankee boy, and kiss the colleens all Donegal, and now that i m going back again