[Verse 1]
My name is Pat O'Donnell I was born in Donegal
L am, you know, a deadly foe to traitors one and all
For the shooting of James Carey I was tried in London town
And on some fatal scaffold there, my life I must lay down

[Verse 2]
I sailed on board the ship Melrose, in August 'eighty-three
And Carey, he was on board, but still unknown to me
When I found out he was Carey, we had angry words and blows
The traitor tried my life to take on board the ship Melrose

[Verse 3]
I took my stand in self-defense, to fight before I would die
My pocket pistol I drew out, and at Carеy I let fly
I recalled thе comrades he had betrayed, their families torn apart
A look of fear flashed o'er his face as my bullet pierced his heart

[Verse 4]
They turned me back to London town, without the least delay
And there, my trial I had to stand, when I landed at Plymouth bay
The packed jury found me guilty, and the judge to me did cry
"On the seventeenth of November, Patrick O'Donnell, you must die!"

[Verse 5]
If I had lived a free man just another year, all traitors and informers
I would make them shake with fear
All traitors and informers, it's them I would hunt down
They would fly before O'Donnell like the hare before the hound
[Verse 6]
Farewell to dear old Donegal, my home their native land
Farewell to [?] and her shimmering silver strands
My wife, [?], with her woods and valleys green
For nevermore, from the Gweedore shore, O'Donnell will be seen

For nevermore, from Gweedore shore, O'Donnell will be seen