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The Home I Left Behind
— "An Irish boy he sat alone by Susquehanna shore" thinking sadly of "the home he…
The Honest Irish Lad
— "My name is Tim McNare, I'm from the County Clare In that lovely little isle ac…
I'm Bidding Adieu
— The singer, a poor farmer from Tralee, must emigrate. "They say there's luck in…
I'm Sitting on the Stile, Mary (The Irish Emigrant II)
— "Oh I'm sitting on the stile, Mary, where we sat side by side." He thinks of th…
I've Been to Australia, Oh!
— The singer warns, "So now my friends, take my advice, and never think to go Or …
Immigration
— "Now Jordan's land of promise is the burden of my song, Perhaps you've heard hi…
In Seventeen Ninety-Five
— Singer comes into the country in 1795; considers himself lucky just to be alive…
The Irish Emigrant's Lament
— "I never will forget the sorrows of that day," when the singer sailed from home…
An Irish Laborer
— Singer is an Irish laborer, willing to work but told "No Irish wanted here". He…
The Irish Peasant Girl
— Singer thinks about widow Brown's daughter. She crosses the Atlantic to send mo…