She was just a girl of 19 years When she set out on her own She left a brother and four sisters And her parents back at home The reason she was leaving, she saw no future here To fulfill her one ambition, make nursing her career To the old church in Rumford that's where she went to train And it would be a long, long time before she'd be home again She said goodbye to all her friends and the ones that she loved dear As she left her home for London to make nursing her career She was just a 19-year-old girl who loved her parents dear But she left her home in Ireland to make nursing her career ♪ Many hours of work and study, oh, how time passed away Soon with her fellow students will come graduation day Before she graduated, for weeks she saved the fare To bring her mom and dad from Ireland for her special day to share But a drunk man in a speeding car, stole her dream away And her parents never seen the girl on her special day She never did return to Ireland and sometimes she shed a tear As she recalls the day she left home to make nursing her career She was just a 19-year-old girl who loved her parents dear But she left her home in Ireland to make nursing her career When she left her home in Ireland to make nursing her career