'Neath the moonlight where we used to walk
I left you standing there
By the river mouth there by the sea I left you alone
And I could swear that my sorrow you could see from my shadow
So I ran all alone in the dark
By the bright moonlit ocean I gazed towards my fortune
That awaits me in far off New York
Now the coffin ship waits by the quay
To take me away from here
As the hungry march up the gangway
There's an ache in my heart
So farewell to her waters
Her sons and her daughters
My friends and the girl that I left
In our cabin so cold cry the young and the old
Where I lay in the damp and I slept
And I dreamt that we met by the side of your ocean
And we talked about the days gone by
Fare thee well, fare thee well
'Til we meet again, and we'll walk 'neath a Mayo moon.
Tossed is the wreck by the storm
And the water is creeping in
And the sails have been ripped from the mast
And the journey is o'er
How this wreck could survive this treacherous tide
With the broad western ocean to cross
With no land for to guide on the water so wide
By the Devil we'll surely be lost
Sickness has ravaged the boat
And bodies lay all around
And the dead we have buried at sea
Thought their ghosts linger on
And I pray to the lord that my soul to him walks
When my body consigns to the deep
As the boat slips down under
My minds final wander,
I close my eyes and I sleep