Jedna z wielu radosnych irlandzkich piosenek, tym razem treścią jest przejawiana przez wiele dziesięcioleci chęć emigracji do Ameryki. Z tekstu wynika, że bohater piosenki mieszkał na południu Irlandii. Cobh of Cork jest jednym z największych portów Zielonej Wyspy - dawniej był ostatnim przy-stankiem przed Ameryką.

Aranżacja: Autor nieznany
znane wykonania:
Carrantuohill
Rocky Road to Dublin, Celt 1997
Noel McLoughlin
Ireland - The Songs, ARC 1995
The Blarney Lads
Heritage of Ireland, Hallmark 1995
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Muirsheen Durkin

In the days I went a courtin', I was never tired resortin'
To the alehouse and the playhouse or many a house beside,
I told me brother Seamus l'd go off and go right famous
And before l'd return again l'd roam the world wide.

So goodbye Muirsheen Durkin, l'm sick and tired of working,
No more I'll dig the praties, no longer I'll be fool.
For as sure as me name is Carney
I'll be off to California, where instead of diggin'praties
I'll be diggin'lumps of gold.

I've courted girls in Blarney, in Kanturk and in Killarney
In Passage and in Queenstown, that is the Cobh of Cork.
But goodbye to all this pleasure, for l'm going to take me leisure
And the next time you will hear from me will be a letter from New York,

Goodbye to all the boys at home, l'm sailing far across the foam
To try to make me fortune in far America,
For there's s gold and money plenty for the poor and gentry
And when I come back again I never more will stray,