Traditional Irish folk ballad composed by Michael Considine (1850-1873), born in Spancil Hill, County Claire Ireland and migrated to the United States in 1870. The song is about a man who longs for his home after emigrating. Considine planned to save up enough money to send for his sweetheart and marry her, but he died after only 3 years in the US at the age of 23.

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