Henry's Songbook

So I'll sing farewell to Carlingford
And farewell to Greenore
And I'll think of you both day and night
Until I return once more
Till I return once more

When I was young and in my prime and could wander wild and free
There was always the longing in my mind to follow the call of the sea

And all of the stormy seven seas I have sailed before the mast
And on every voyage I ever made I swore it would be my last

Now I had a girl called Mary Boyle and she lived in Greenore
And the foremost thought that was in her mind was to keep me safe on shore

Now the landsman's life is all his own - he can go or he can stay
But when the sea gets in your blood when she calls you must obey