Lyrics

One evening fair to take the air along the banks of Clyde
I tell you true I stood to view all nature in its pride
I tell you true I stood to view the big ships sailing past
When a steamboat brave heaved on the wave she’ll called the Leinster Lass

On Newfound Green she had been seen cruising up and down
And on the docks of Liverpool her equal can’t be found
On yon green bank a mermaid sat with her fine comb and glass
Saying you’re welcome back to Erin’s Isle my lovely Leinster Lass

Being on the seventeenth of March all on St. Patrick’s Day
I heard a band going up the Strand behold now they did play
The colours flew red white and blue the birds sang round the mast
Saying you’re welcome back to Erin’s Isle my lovely Leinster Lass

Here’s a health to our commander great honour to his name
And likewise to our sea-captain his name was Willie Kane
Let every man on her deck stand toss up one flowing glass
That can rig and steer when danger’s near aboard the Leinster Lass