Muirshin Durkin

In the days when I was courtin' I was seldom done resortin' In the ale house and the playhouse And many's the house between To tell me brother Seamus I'll go off and get right famous And when I come back home again I'll have seen the whole wide world And it's goodbye, Muirshin Durkin, I'm sick and tired of workin' I'll no more dig the praties, I'll no more be a fool As sure as me name is Carney, I'm bound for California Instead of digging praties I'll be digging lumps of gold Farewell to all the girls at home I'm bound away across the foam Off to seek me fortune in far Amerikay There's silver there a-plenty For the poor and for the gentry And when I come back home again I never more will say Goodbye, Muirshin Durkin, I'm sick and tired of workin' I'll no more dig the praties, I'll no more be a fool As sure as me name is Carney, I'm bound for California Instead of diggin' praties I'll be digging lumps of gold And it's goodbye, Muirshin Durkin, I'm sick and tired of workin' I'll no more dig the praties, I'll no more be a fool As sure as me name is Carney, I am bound for California Instead of diggin' praties I'll be digging lumps of gold Goodbye, Muirshin Durkin, I'm sick and tired of workin' I'll no more dig the praties, no more be a fool As sure as me name is Carney, I am bound for California Instead of diggin' praties I'll be diggin' lumps of gold