In early spring when small birds sing and lamb do sport and play My way I took my friends forsook and went to Dublin bay I iam what I ask a passenger and to England I sailed o'er I bade farewell to all of my friends and I left the Shamrock shore In London fair I did repare some pleasure for to find I found it was a lovely place and pleasant to my mind The ladies too were fair to view and rich the purse they wore But none I saw could compare to the Maids of the Shamrock shore