I've left my home sweet home behind me
and come by land and by ship on the sea
for to make a name less ugly
I've come to the land of sweet liberty
my father and sisters have landed before me
my mother god rest her soul jumped from the bow
my brother was nineteen and headstrong, yet kindly
was in the wrong place but he's in heaven now
no one did tell us
what it would be like
the coppers corruption
the sins of the night
freedom we have now
but not from ourselves
we've moved from dear Ireland
to a new brand of hell