And it's by the hush, me boys
And that's to hold your noise
And listen to poor Paddy's narration
I was by hunger pressed
And in poverty distressed
So I took a thought I'd leave the Irish nation

Here's you boys
Do take my advice
To Americay I'd have you not be comin'
For there's nothin' here but war
Where the murdering cannons roar
And I wish I was at home in dear old Erin

Well I sold me horse and plough
I sold my pig and cow
And from that farm of land I parted
And my sweetheart Biddy McGhee
Who I'm sure I'll never see
For I left her on that morning brokenhearted

Here's you boys
Do take my advice
To Americay I'd have you not be comin'
For there's nothin' here but war
Where the murdering cannons roar
And I wish I was at home in dear old Erin

And meself and a hundred more
To Americay sailed o'er
Our fortunes to be makin', we were thinkin'
When we landed in Yankee land
They shoved a gun intae your hand
Saying, Paddy, you must go and fight for Lincoln

Here's you boys
Do take my advice
To Americay I'd have you not be comin'
For there's nothin' here but war
Where the murdering cannons roar
And I wish I was at home in dear old Erin

General Meagher to us said
If you get shot or lose your head
Every mother's son of you will get a pension
In the war I lost me leg
All I've now is a wooden peg
By my soul, it is the truth to you I'll mention

Here's you boys
Do take my advice
To Americay I'd have you not be comin'
For there's nothin' here but war
Where the murdering cannons roar
And I wish I was at home in dear old Erin

Now I think myself in luck
To be fed on Indian buck
In old Ireland, the country I delight in
And with the devil I do say
Oh, Christ curse Americay
For I'm sure I've had enough of your hard fighting

Here's you boys
Do take my advice
To Americay I'd have you not be comin'
For there's nothin' here but war
Where the murdering cannons roar
And I wish I was at home in dear old Erin