Song Description

The U.S. part of the Irish diaspora

Lyrics

My Father?s Land ©
By Bruce McDermott

Verse 1.

I left my father?s land it was eighteen forty-five

I left my mother and sisters barely alive

And if I stayed like them I would have died

And that my Ma would not abide

2.

I am now a father and husband many years

Still I see my mother and my sister?s eyes filled with tears

Surely she did pray that God would provide

And save her son from the hateful English pride

Chorus

Now I hold no grudge, for New York is now my home

It?s a better place than what I left behind

It?s a better place than what I left behind

Chorus 2

The ship sailed west, and I hoped that I would find

A better place than what I left behind

A better place than what I left behind