Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
Verse 1
There's a spot in old Tirconnel, there's a wee house in the glen
Where dwelt an Irish colleen, who charmed the hearts of men
She was winsome, fair and hearty, shy and graceful as the fawn,
Neighbours loved the widows daughter, happy, laughing Noreen Bawn
Verse 2
Then one day there came a letter, with her passage paid to go
To the land where the Missouri and the Mississippi flow
So she said good-bye to Erin, and next morning at the dawn
A poor broken hearted mother bid farewell to Noreen Bawn
Verse 3
Many years that Mother waited, till one morning at the door
Stood a gorgeous looking lady, all grand the clothes she wore
Saying Mother don't you know me, sure I've only got a cold
But the purple spots upon her cheeks, the tragic story told
Verse 4
There's a graveyard in Tirconnel, where the blossoms sadly wave
There's a broken hearted Mother, kneeling on a lonely grave
Saying my Noreen you are calling, its long years since you've gone
It was the curse of emigration, that laid you N.C.low my Noreen Bawn