Mr Connaughton my long, though the years have flown the years have gone. Was your name Marjorie or Mary? Were you from Cork or
Mr Connaughton we lived underneath Oh you said it was a man had a gap between his teeth And for a I had a gap too But it closed when my big teeth through. Oh it closed when my big came through.
Mr Connaughton you to laugh such a lot And would make us smile too, as often as not Did you have a who was a soldier? I'm gonna join the army when I'm older.
Well I know you paid a fiver for old motorbike And said it wouldn't run, but I thought that it might. I was nearly asleep when it spluttered into And I clenched my fist and smiled a secret smile of Was your first name Kevin or
I remember when you built us a cart With the wheels off a pram, and a out in the yard, And you gave us a bit of string but we it with our feet. Oh boy it was the one on the street, And you said "Jesus, that's the one on the street".
I remember when your girl was born You brought her downstairs to us all, And we were allowed to her And I she was my sister.
Mr Connaughton, you moved your wife and your baby, but we stayed Till we got re-housed too And I never will you
Mr Connaughton my long though the years have flown Though the have gone Was your wife's Marjorie or Mary? Were you from Cork or