I just dropped in to see you all 

I'll only stay awhile 

I want to hear how you're getting on 

I want to see you smile 

I'm happy to be back again 

And greet you big and small 

For there's no place else on this earth quite like 

The homes of Donegal 



I long to see your smiling children 

Standing by the door 

The kettle boiling on the hearth 

As I walked up the floor 

And then to see a waiting for me 

Travellers one and all 

For your heart's alive in your mountain size 

In the homes of Donegal 



I like to lie, lie along with you 

While away at night 

With fairy lore and tales of yore 

Beside the surf fire bright 

And then to see laid out for me 

A shake-down by the wall 

For there's rest for weary wanderers 

In the homes of Donegal 



Donegal, queen of all 

Donegal, queen of all