Adieu, the Hills of Kerry, I never will see no more
 Oh, why did I leave my home, oh why did I cross the sea?
 And leave the small birds singing around you sweet Tralee

 The noble and the brave have departed from our shore
 They?ve gone off to a foreign land where the wild canyons roar
 No more they?ll see the shamrock, the plant so dear to me
 Or hear the small birds singing around my sweet Tralee

 No more the sun will shine on that blessed harvest morn
 Or hear our reaper singing in a golden field of corn
 There?s a band for every woe and a cure for every pain
 But the happyness of my darling girl I never will see again