In the days I went a -courtin',
I was never tired resortin'
To the airhouse and the playhouse
When I told my brother Seamus,
I'll be off now and grow famous
Before I come home again,
So goodbye Merchandurkin,
sure I'm sick and tired of workin'
No more I'll dig for eighties,
But as sure as my name is Kearney,
And instead of diggin' for eighties,
I'll be diggin' lumps of gold
Oh, I courted girls in Blarney
and Canterk and Killarney
In Passage and in Queenstown,
But I'm tired of all this pleasure,
so now I'll take my leisure
And the next time that you hear from me,
I'll be a letter from New York
So goodbye, Mersh and Durkin,
sure I'm sick and tired of workin'
No more I'll take the parities,
But as sure as my name is Carney,
I'll be off to California
And instead of digging for eighties,
I'll be digging lumps of gold
Goodbye to all the boys at home
I'm sailing far across the foam
To try and make my fortune
For there's gold and money plenty
For the poor and for the gentry
And when I come back again
So goodbye, Merchant Durkin
Sure, I'm sick and tired of workin'
No more, I'll dig in Freighties
No longer, I'll be fooled
But as sure as my name is Kearney
I'll be off to California
And instead of diggin' Freighties
I'll be diggin' lumps of gold.
And instead of diggin' freighties,
I'll be diggin' lumps of gold.
