Paddy Goes To Holyhead - Little Boy lyrics

When I was a little boy, as little as a boy could be when I was a little boy my mother always told me: Never sail around the world and never leave your luck behind Never sail around the world, stay down where you belong, boy When I was a little lad, as little as a lad could be When I was a little lad my father always told me: Never live your life at ease and never let your deal go down Never live your life at ease, stay down where you belong, boy When I was a busy clerk, as busy as a clerk could be When I was a busy clerk my master always told me: Never loaf through life at peace, never settle down to it Never loaf through life at peace, stay down where you belong, boy Now I am a foreign man as foreign as a man could be Now I am a foreign man, a stranger in my own life I never roamed around the world, I never let my deal go down I never spent my life at ease, don′t know where I belong, boy