In the year of our Lord, 18 hundred and six
We set sail from the fair Quay of Cork
We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks
For the grand city hall in New York
We an elegant craft, she was rigged fore-and-aft
And lo, how the wild winds drove her
She had 23 masts, she stood several blasts
And we called her the Irish Rover
We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out
And the ship lost its way in a fog
And the way of the crew was reduced unto two
That myself and the captain's old dog
Then the ship struck a rock, oh, Lord what a shock
And nearly turned right over
Turned nine times around, and the poor dog was drowned
I'm the last of the Irish Rover
Well the ship, it sails in half an hour to cross the broad Atlantic
Me friends are standing on the quay with grief and sorrow, frantic
I'm just about to sail away in the good ship Dan O'Leary
The anchor's weighed and the gangway's up, I'm leaving Tipperary
So goodbye Mick and goodbye Pat and goodbye Kate and Mary
The anchor's weighed and the gangway's up, I'm leaving Tipperary
And now the steam is blowing off, I have no more to say
I'm bound for New York City, boys, three thousand miles away
So goodbye Mick and goodbye Pat and goodbye Kate and Mary
The anchor's weighed and the gangway's up, I'm leaving Tipperary
Ma, ma, will you buy me a—
Will you buy me a—
Will you buy me a—?
Ma, ma, will you buy me a—
Will you buy me a banana?
Yes, my child, I'll buy you a—
I'll buy you a—
I'll buy you a—
Yes, my child, I'll buy you a—
I'll buy you a banana
Ma, ma, will you peel the skin,
Will you peel the skin?
Will you peel the skin?
Ma, ma, will you peel the skin
The skin on your banana
Yes my child, I'll peel the skin
I'll peel the skin
I'll peel the skin
Yes my child, I'll peel the skin
Skin of your banana
Ma, ma, would you take a bit
Would you like a bit
Would you take a bit
Ma, ma, would you take a bit
A bit of my banana
Yes my child, I'll take a bite
I'll take a bite
I'll take a bite
Yes my child, I'll take a bite
A bite of your banana
Ma, ma, you talk too much
You talk too much
You talk too much
Ma, ma, you talk too much
You ate all of my banana
Ma, ma, you greedy gut
You greedy gut
You greedy gut
Ma, ma, you greedy gut
You've eaten my banana
Ma, ma, will you buy me a—
Will you buy me a—
Will you buy me a—?
Ma, ma, will you buy me a—
Will you buy me a banana?
Ma, ma, will you buy me a—
Will you buy me a—
Will you buy me a—?
Ma, ma, will you buy me a—
Will you buy me a banana?