I just dropped in to see you all I'll only stay I want to hear how you're on I want to see you smile I'm happy to be back again And greet you big and small For there's no place else on this earth like homes of Donegal
I long to see your smiling children Standing by the door kettle boiling on the hearth As I walked up the floor And then to see a waiting me Travellers one and all For your heart's alive in your mountain size the homes of Donegal
I like to lie, lie along with you While away at With fairy lore and tales of yore Beside the surf fire bright And then see laid out for me A shake-down by the wall For there's for weary wanderers In the homes of Donegal