Come Back To Erin

D D D D D G D It’s long and many a year ago since I left my native land, D G A It’s been no fault of mine that I left old Ireland, D G D When mother and I parted some bitter tears were shed, D G A D Last night I dreamt of mother and in my dream she said, D G D "Oh, come back home to Erin come back to Erin’s shore, D G A You know you’re always welcome and you’re Irish to the core, D G D So come back home to Erin never again to roam, D G A D Come back to the one that loves you, mavourneen come back home", D G D I know I had a sweetheart along with mother dear, D G A She promised when I left her to be faithful and sincere, D G D I know she kept her promise for the time I was away, D G A D For every letter that she writes like mother she would say, D G D "Oh, come back home to Erin come back to Erin’s shore, D G A You know you’re always welcome and you’re Irish to the core, D G D So come back home to Erin never again to roam, D G A D Come back to the one that loves you, mavourneen come back home", D G D For now I must be going it’s time I was away, D G A And when I reach old Ireland we’ll have a chat each day, D G D It’s then I’ll marry Mary and with Mary I will stay, D G A D In Ireland dear old Ireland and then no-one can say, D G D "Oh, come back home to Erin come back to Erin’s shore, D G A You know you’re always welcome and you’re Irish to the core, D G D So come back home to Erin never again to roam, D G A D Come back to the one that loves you, mavourneen come back home",