There is a voice in the silence   A voice ever calling   A voice like the song of a far distant sea   A music the soul   Of the wild breakers roaring   If floats like a dream   O'er the waters to me   I hear it with tears   And a heart wildly beating   While far and alone   In a strange land I roam   And I weep as I list   And my prayers give it greeting   The voice of the green isle   My country and my home      (chorus)   Oh green isle of erin   That waits for me yonder   Though fate may decree   T'is forever be part   Still exiled and lonely   Where ere I may wander   The green isle of erin   Remains in my heart      There is nowhere a sea   Like the blue rippling ocean   That surges around   And beside that dear strand   There's nowhere a star   That looks down in devotion   So bright as are those   That shine down on the land      (chorus)      With tears in my heart   Tears beyond all controlling   I wake and remember   An exile am i   And ipray as tho' between us   The wide seas are roaring   To come home to thee   It is only to die      Oh green isle of erin   That waits for me yonder   Though fate may decree   T'is forever be part   Still exiled and lonely   Where ere I may wander   The green isle of erin   Remains in my heart