I've just dropped in to see you all 
I'll only stay awhile 
I want to hear how you're getting on 
I want to hear you smile 
I'm happy to be back again 
And greet you big and small 
For there's no place on earth just like 
The homes of Donegal 

I long to see your smiling children 
Standing by the door 
The kettle boiling on the hearth 
As I walk up the floor 
And then to see a welcome free 
For travellers one and all 
For your hearts are like your mountains 
In the homes of Donegal 

I'd like to stay along with you 
And while away the night 
With fairy lore and tales of yore 
Beside the turf fire bright 
And then to see laid out for me 
A shake-down by the wall 
For there's rest for weary wanderers 
In the homes of Donegal 

The time has come for me to go 
And bid you all adieu 
For the open highway calls me back 
To do these things I do 
But when I'm travelling far away 
Your friendship I'll recall 
And please God I'll soon return unto 
The homes of Donegal 

Donegal, Pride of all