As I stand above the starboard bow and watch the ocean foam As I view each new horizon I grow further from my home A sailor on a foreign ship and bound for Montreal But I'd give the world to make my destination Donegal
I would make my way from Malin to Bundoran through Raphoe Or Portsalon down to Killybegs by Creeslough and Dungloe I'd wander round old Barnesmore Gap on everyone I'd call And beyond the Bluestack mountains to the town of Donegal
Oh Donegal I miss you and I'll never understand Why I left you for these far off lands, against my hearts command Whatever fortune comes my way, whatever may befall Sure I know I'll make my final destination Donegal
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Written by Fahan, County Donegal man, Johnny McCauley (1925~2012) who also wrote Donegal Shore, Pretty Little Girl from Omagh, Four Country Roads, and Among the Wicklow Hills among many more.
