When they told me that Ireland was heaven,
I said, "That's where I'm longing to stay."
Then an emigrant voice said "that's my land
if you please Sir, I'll show you the way."
When you see smiling faces that greet you
with a "Cead Mile Failte", at store
when a candle burns bright in the window
of a cabin with only one door.
When you see the moon rise over Claddah
when the golden sand kisses the sea
then you're on the right road Sir for heaven
for it's heaven around Galway Bay.
In the church on the hill in the moonlight
you might hear a sweet angel voice sing
she's the angel whose heart I might gladden
when I give her my gold Claddagh ring.
When the lady who smiles so divinely
at the sound of the bell stops to pray
just to say to her "God save you kindly"
and to heaven she'll show you the way.
When the old-fashioned lady who greets you
says "Come in Sir, you're welcome to stay."
then you're on the right road Sir for heaven
for it's heaven around Galway Bay.
It's heaven around Galway Bay.
Tabby
and I would like to wish you all
