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[Verse 1]

   E
My Ship lies in the harbour,
    A               C#m
the full moon shining o'er,
 A         B    E
A salty breeze blows in the bay,
  F#m               B
I hear the combers roar;
    A            E
Tomorrow I am bound away,
  E                    C#m
far from this land so poor,
  A           B     E
To start a new life far away
       A              E
from my misty morning shore.

[Verse 2]

  E
To leave my dear old mother
     A               C#m
will break her heart for sure,
  A      B       E
Likewise my agèd father
  F#m               B
I'll never see no more;
      A                 E
But to leave my dear old Ireland
   E                  C#m
it grieves me ten times o'er,
 A         B     E
Tomorrow I must sail away
       A            E
from my misty morning shore.

[Chorus 1]

E          A          E
Fare thee well, dear Ireland,
  E          B        C#m
it's westward I must go,
    A    B       E
But when I reach Amerikay,
F#m                     B
there's one thing that I know:
  A          B          E
That when the full moon is rising
 E           B        C#m
up in the east once more,
 A          B      E
I know it's also shining
     A              E
on my misty morning shore.

A E A B E

[Verse 3]
  E
It's been five years, dear Mother,
 A                 C#m
since first I sailed away,
  A        B      E
I heard a famine took its toll
    F#m            B
the new arrivals say;
    A              E
But in this land of plenty
    E         C#m
I'll live forevermore,
   A      B         E
My heart's crossed the ocean
   A                 E
on my misty morning shore.

[Verse 4]
  E
It's been nine years, dear Mother,
 A             C#m
I've taken me a wife,
  A         B          E
I've built a home for me and her
    F#m          B
down by the waterside;
   A          E
She's given me a daughter,
    E         C#m
sweet Erin is her name,
   A       B        E
I named her for my country
    A                 E
and claimed her for its fame.

[Chorus 2]
 E             A       E
But I long for you, dear Ireland,
 E          B   C#m
I will until I die,
  A        B     E
But when my life is over,
    F#m               B
it's here that I must lie;
  A               E
Down here by the ocean where
           B         C#m
my family can watch o'er,
   A           B       E
The full moon shining down on me
      A        B       E
and my misty morning shore.