Mr Connaughton my memory's long, though the years have Though the years gone. Was your wife's name or Mary? you from Cork or Tipperary?
Mr Connaughton when we underneath Oh you said it was a lucky man had a gap his teeth And for a I had a gap too But it when my big teeth came through. Oh it closed my big teeth came through.
Mr Connaughton you to laugh such a lot And that would make us too, as often as not Did you a friend who was a soldier? Well I'm gonna join the army I'm older.
I know you paid a fiver for that old motorbike And said it wouldn't run, but I thought that it might. I was asleep when it spluttered into life And I clenched my and smiled a secret smile of delight Was your first Kevin or Mike?
I when you built us a soap-box cart With the wheels off a pram, and a out in the yard, And you us a bit of string but we steered 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 little was born You brought her to show us all, And we were allowed to her And I she was my sister.
Mr Connaughton, you moved With your wife and your baby, but we finally we got re-housed too And I never will you
Mr Connaughton my memory's long though the years flown Though the have gone Was your name Marjorie or Mary? Were you from Cork or