But it’s little now I heed their airs, for God will have it so,
That I must depart for foreign lands, and leave my sweet Mayo!
IIII.
’Tis my grief that Patrick Loughlin is not Earl in Irrul still,
And that Brian Duff no longer rules as Lord upon the hill,
And that Colonel Hugh Mac Grady should be lying dead and low,
And I sailing, sailing swiftly from the county of Mayo!
For the satisfaction of our Gaelic readers, we annex the original Irish words:
Condae Maiġeó.
Is ar an loingseo Phaidi Loingsiġ do ġnimse an dubron