John James O’Hara
Source: Where The Linnets Sings (2026)
Location: Track 32
Here we are on Broadway, three thousand miles from home,
But our heart’s in dear old Ireland, where we always wish to roam,
But when we do go back again, they’ll take us by the hand,
And we will shout hurrah for dear old Ireland.
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John James O’Hara, and Michael McNamara
Were two respected Irishmen wherever they did roam,
They were known by their doin’s, they are men of great influence,
O’Hara from Tara, McNamara from Mayo.
It’s many’s a years ago since we cut the turf and hay,
And gathered in the cornfields in the evening for the tay,
Those were the happy days, me lads, we used to reap and sow,
O’Hara from Tara, McNamara from Mayo.
Chorus
Tomorrow we’ll be on our way to dear old Erin’s Isle,
Back to home and plenty after many years of toil,
Back to hear the corncrake and the nightingale also,
They’ll sing O’Hara from Tara, McNamara from Mayo.
Chorus
Now I’m on my way to see the mother I adore,
In her cosy wee thatched cottage with the ivy round the door,
She’ll hold me in her arms as she did so long ago,
And together we’ll sing the praises of old Tara and Mayo.
Chorus
Now that we’re returning back to dear old Erin’s Isle,
Back to home and plenty after many a weary mile,
To the heather and the hillside and the sunshine down below,
O’Hara from Tara, McNamara from Mayo.
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