Take Me Home to Mayo

(Chorus:)
Take me home to Mayo, across the Irish sea;
Home to dear old Mayo, where once I roamed so free.
Take me home to Mayo, there let my body lie;
Home at last in Mayo, beneath an Irish sky.

My name is Michael Gaughan, from Ballina I came;
I saw my people suffering and swore to break their chain —
I raised the flag in England, prepared to fight or die —
Far away from Mayo, beneath an Irish sky.

(chorus)

My body cold and hungry, in Parkhurst Gaol I lie;
For the 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 x 2)

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