Mr my memory's long, though the years have flown Though the years gone. Was your wife's name or Mary? Were you Cork or Tipperary?
Mr when we lived underneath Oh you said it was a lucky man had a gap his teeth And for a I had a gap too But it closed when my big came through. Oh it closed when my big teeth through.
Mr Connaughton you seemed to such a lot And that make us smile too, as often as not Did you have a friend who was a Well I'm join the army when 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 fist and smiled a secret smile of Was your first name Kevin or
I remember when you built us a cart the wheels off a pram, and a plank out in the yard, And you gave us a bit of string but we steered it 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 girl was You her downstairs to show us all, And we were to kiss 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 will forget you
Mr Connaughton my memory's long the years have flown Though the have gone Was wife's name Marjorie or Mary? you from Cork or Tipperary?