Michael Gaughan (Take Me Home to Mayo)

[Chorus]
Take me home to Mayo across the Irish sea
Home, to dear old Mayo, where once I roam so free
Take me home to Mayo, there let my body lie
Home at last to Mayo beneath an Irish sky

[Verse 1]
My name is Michael Gaughan, from Ballina I came
I saw my people suffering, and swore to break their chains
I raised a flag in England, prepared to fight or die
Far away from Mayo beneath an Irish sky

[Chorus]
Take me home to Mayo across the Irish sea
Home, to dear old Mayo, where once I roam so free
Take me home to Mayo, there let my body lie
Home at last to Mayo beneath an Irish sky

[Verse 2]
My body cold and hungry, in Parkhurst jail I lie
For loving of my country on hunger strike I die
I have just one last longing I pray you'll not deny
Bury me in Mayo beneath an Irish sky

[Chorus]
Take me home to Mayo across the Irish sea
Home, to dear old Mayo, where once I roam so free
Take me home to Mayo, there let my body lie
Home at last to Mayo beneath an Irish sky