I just dropped in to see you all, I'll only stay awhile
I want to hear how you're gettin' on and I want to see you smile
I'm happy to be back again, to greet you one and all
For there's no place else on earth just like the homes of Donegal

I long to see your smiling children standing at the door
The kettle boiling on the hearth as I walk up the floor
And then to see your welcome free for traveller's one and all
For your hearts are like your mountains in the homes of Donegal

I want 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 shakedown by the wall
The rest for weary wanderers in the homes of Donegal

The time has come for me to go and bid you all adieu
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