Farewell Mayo

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[Verse 1]
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When the schools got out for summer
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 I got started
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On the long awaited journey to the 
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west
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I was feeling so excited and light 
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hearted
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I was heading for the place that 
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I loved best


[Verse 2]
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And the bus said "Sligo" on the 
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destination
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On down through Barnsmore Gap and
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 Ballintra
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Then you got another bus at Sligo 
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station
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And the Freestate writing spelt 
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out Ballina


[Chorus]
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At Enniscrone the broad Atlantic
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Meant that you hadn't far to go
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And when you saw the top of Nephin
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You knew you'd landed in Mayo
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God bless Mayo


[Verse 3]
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Friendly hands to take your hand 
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and say he's bigger
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Hefty arms to hoist you high and 
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hug you hard
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Take the road through Crossmolina 
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to the river
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And the sideroad takes you back 
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to Garranard


[Chorus]
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And I knew every windy corner
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Of the little fields below
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And every ripple of that river
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'Cross the stepping stones I'd go
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There in Mayo


[Verse 4]
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When the day came to go back, my 
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heart was bleeding
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With a grief that seems relentless
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 when you're small
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They say every child should have 
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his share of Eden
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But a city child needs Eden most 
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of all


[Chorus]
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Back to the darkening streets of 
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Derry
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Broken hearted I must go
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Far from the splendour and the 
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silence
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And the wonder of Mayo
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Farewell Mayo