Mr Connaughton my memory's long, the years have flown Though the years gone. Was your name Marjorie or Mary? Were you from Cork or
Mr Connaughton we lived underneath Oh you it was a lucky man had a gap between his teeth And for a I had a gap too But it closed my big teeth came through. Oh it when my big teeth came through.
Mr you seemed to laugh such a lot And that would make us too, as often as not Did you have a friend who was a Well I'm gonna join the army I'm older.
Well I know you paid a fiver for that old And they said it 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 or Mike?
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, the best one on the street".
I remember when your little was born You her downstairs to show 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 finally we got too And I will forget you
Mr Connaughton my long though the years have flown the years have gone Was your name Marjorie or Mary? Were you from Cork or