It's long ago you said good bye
To dear Loch Gara's shore
Where children play and love to stray
As they did in days of yore
(2)
The wild birds are a calling
They're calling night and day
From the waters of Loch Gara
To her children far away
(3)
Oh! come back to Loch Gara
Come back to her and stay
From the cities of this world
And the shores of Americay
(4)
On Clooncunny bridge you'll stand
And watch her waters flow
As she winds her way by night and day
To Cuppanagh down below.
(5)
You'll sail in her clear waters
And catch a trout or two
Once more you'll see old Clogher
And the hills of Derrycoo.
(6)
Oh1 come back to Loch Gara
Come back to her and stay
From the cities of this world
And the shores of Americay.
(7)
She has some lovely islands
And her crannogs can be seen
Holding fast to history
And the secrets of a dream
(8)
Way over in Killaraght
You'll never fail to see
Her beauty and her lure
As she journeys to Loch Key.
(9)
And she will take you back
To your youth and beauty too
When you danced in Monasteraden
And courted in Cloonloo.
(10)
Oh! come back to Loch Gara
Come back to her and stay
From the cities of this world
And the shores of Americay.
(11)
Her waters blue are rolling
Round the shores of Coolavin
Where you and I were happy
And will be once again
(12)
Oh! come back to Loch Gara
Come back to her and stay
From the cities of this world
And the shores of Americay.