I just stepped in to see you all I'll only stay a while I want to see how you're getting on I want to see you smile I'm happy to be back again I greet you big and small For there's no place else on earth like the homes of Donegal I'll always see the happy faces smiling at the door And the kettle swinging on the crook as I step up the floor And soon the teapot is filling up my cup is far from small For your hearts are like your mountains in the homes of Donegal The time is coming I must go I bid you all adieu For the open highway calls me forth to do the things I do But when I'm tramping far away I'll hear your voices call And please God I'll soon return unto your home in Donegal