My Splendid Emerald Isle

I've been hearing you a-calling, my splendid emerald isle
 And I promise I'll come home to you and settle for a while
 Oh your shores they are a-spreading open arms that beckon me
 And I promise that I'll listen and sail the open sea
 They shall lay me down in that fertile ground
 Where my father I did lay
 And I'll be home never more to roam
 And in Ireland I shall stay
 For some day I'll tell my boyo about your dear old ways
 And I'll tell him of my promises towards my ending days
 He'll be hearing you a-calling, my splendid emerald isle
 And he'll know to take me home to you to settle for a while
 They shall lay me down in that fertile ground
 Where my father I did lay
 And I'll be home never more to roam
 And in Ireland I shall stay