I long to go to where no one’s ever been

Some do use their words in a negative wayAnd they can be quite callous in some things that they say.Since they never give credit where credit is dueIgnore those who tell you that dreams don’t come trueSad for them the people who don’t dare to dreamTheir negative attitude caused by their low self esteem.Ignore those…

In England they raised their children and in England they live todayThough the fields of Shannaknock and Kippagh from their thoughts never far away.Joan Lynch and Billy Corkery their bond of love is still strongAnd they have been together I can’t recall for how longPerhaps since the late sixties when they both were in their…

On the farm of the farmer who lives far from his HometownFar from the small town south of Athens where his journey south beganIn fifty two when he was twenty a young and restless man.He had dreams of buying a farm in the sunny Southern LandWhere opportunity awaited those young and willing to expandHe worked…

And dipper sang out in the river and hawthorn wore blooms white as snowAnd over the dappled green meadows the dark swallows winged to and fro.The cattle are out on lush pasture, the sheep have climbed high up the hillAnd the pheasant cuck in rushy valley and buttercups bloom by the rillAnd in the groves…

Her once blond wavy hair she dyes often for to cover the tell tale grayAnd she has a more rounded figure women age and their beauty decayShe was crowned the fair Rose of Moorabbin way back in nineteen sixty threeIn the coastal Town the number 1 beauty and none quite as lovely as sheAs women…

And he drove his lorry through the long tiring dayFor an owner driver there’s no easy pay.A load of cattle to the fair in KanturkMight well be the start for him of a hard day’s workAnd a few loads of gravel and a load of sand or twoTo be delivered to customers before his day…