shake hands with your uncle Mike
the lyrics start with : "shake hands with your uncle Mike, me lad.
shake hands with your sister kate....
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..and here's the girl you used to swing, down on the garden gate.
Shake hands with all the neighbor's lads and kiss the coleens all.
You're as happy as the flowers in May to dear old Donegal.
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Dear Old Donegal
It seems like only yesterday
I sailed from out of Cork
A stranger from old Erin's isle
I landed in New York
There wasn't a soul to greet me there
A stranger on the shore
But Irish luck was with me there
And riches came galore
And now I'm going back again
To dear old Erin's isle
My friends will meet me on the pier
And greet me with a smile
Their faces, sure, I've almost forgot
I've been so long away
But my mother will introduce them all
And this to me will say:
Shake hands with your Uncle Mike, me boy
and here is your sister Kate,
And there's the girl you used to swing
down on the garden gate
Shake hands with all of the neighbours
and kiss the colleens all
You're as welcome as the flowers in May
To dear old Donegal
They'll give the party when I go home
They'll come from near and far
They'll line the road for miles and miles
With Irish jaunting cars
The spirits will flow and we'll be gay
We'll fill our hearts with joy
The piper will play an Irish reel
To greet the Yankee boy
The dancers will reel the whole night long
Such fun as never seen
The lads will be decked in corduroy
The colleens wearin' green
There'll be thousands that I never saw
I've been so long away
But my mother will introduce them all
And this, to me, will say:
Shake hands with your Uncle Mike, me boy
and here is your sister Kate,
And there's the girl you used to swing
down on the garden gate
Shake hands with all of the neighbours
and kiss the colleens all
You're as welcome as the flowers in May
To dear old Donegal