peggy attwood mack songs
lyrics by Peg Attwood bmi
vocals and instrumentals by Joe Attwood
penny whistle by Ashley Feller
Ships across the ocean to a land of hopes and dreams
Ships across the ocean to set our people free
Tall ships sailin' far out o'er the sea
With traditions from our past
Buildin' new homes that would last
In a promised land of hopes and dreams
Oh! Those tall ships sailin' 'cross the sea.
Oh! Those tall ships sailin' 'cross the sea.
Lookin' back to Ireland's shore
I feel a sadness new
Ireland's taken from us now
by a rich and greedy few
Sendin' us out on the sea
The hungry, tired and poor
To a distant promised land
To see Ireland's shore no more.
My family and friends
were all sailin' away
On those tall ships leavin'
Ireland everyday,
Out across the ocean waves
to America's rocky shores
For a day's honest work
And freedom evermore.
Ships across the ocean to a land of hopes and dreams
Ships across the ocean to set our people free
Tall ships sailin' far out o'er the sea
With traditions from our past
Buildin' new homes that would last
In a promised land of hopes and dreams
Oh! Those tall ships sailin' cross the sea.
Not knowin where the future lay
But knowing we must sail
Far away from Ireland's shore
is where our dreams prevailed
Not in Ireland's land
of sad and wasted woe,
But at the long journey's end
on America's golden shore.
Ships across the ocean to a land of hopes and dreams
Ships across the ocean to set our people free
Tall ships sailin' far out o'er the sea
With traditions from our past
Buildin' new homes that would last
In a promised land of hopes and dreams
Oh! Those tall ships sailin' cross the sea.
vocals and instrumentals by Joe Attwood
penny whistle by Ashley Feller
Ships across the ocean to a land of hopes and dreams
Ships across the ocean to set our people free
Tall ships sailin' far out o'er the sea
With traditions from our past
Buildin' new homes that would last
In a promised land of hopes and dreams
Oh! Those tall ships sailin' 'cross the sea.
Oh! Those tall ships sailin' 'cross the sea.
Lookin' back to Ireland's shore
I feel a sadness new
Ireland's taken from us now
by a rich and greedy few
Sendin' us out on the sea
The hungry, tired and poor
To a distant promised land
To see Ireland's shore no more.
My family and friends
were all sailin' away
On those tall ships leavin'
Ireland everyday,
Out across the ocean waves
to America's rocky shores
For a day's honest work
And freedom evermore.
Ships across the ocean to a land of hopes and dreams
Ships across the ocean to set our people free
Tall ships sailin' far out o'er the sea
With traditions from our past
Buildin' new homes that would last
In a promised land of hopes and dreams
Oh! Those tall ships sailin' cross the sea.
Not knowin where the future lay
But knowing we must sail
Far away from Ireland's shore
is where our dreams prevailed
Not in Ireland's land
of sad and wasted woe,
But at the long journey's end
on America's golden shore.
Ships across the ocean to a land of hopes and dreams
Ships across the ocean to set our people free
Tall ships sailin' far out o'er the sea
With traditions from our past
Buildin' new homes that would last
In a promised land of hopes and dreams
Oh! Those tall ships sailin' cross the sea.
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