On the willow tree on the bank by where the old screw creek flow

But since she left for the love of a womanMakes it much harder to accept for Stan.She was his wife for fifteen years or longerAnd their only offspring Eddy is fourteenAnd it galls him to think that his ex wife in public placesHand in hand with a woman has been seen.For such a thing is…

To the naive and vulnerable to get rich quick is their aimThey are the type of people who do not have a sense of shame.‘Tis sad to think that nowadays their type are not rareAnd some will stoop to any low to become a millionaireTo them it comes quite natural to lie, embezzle and cheatAnd…

And Banteer where he grew to be a manAnd from where the journey south for him began.He worked for farmers since he was teenage boyNo matter what the weather wet or dryAnd there was no such thing as an easy dayAnd plenty overtime not matched by pay.Back in those days teenagers did the work of…

And loving eyes horse chestnut brownYou are the finest dog your side of town.Against canines I don’t discriminateThough some give me reason to hatethey growl at me snarl and barkAnd show off their teeth like a shark.But Jess you act different that’s trueAnd that’s one reason I like you,You wag your tail and lick my…

I felled pine trees there years ago when snow was on the groundIt surely was a hard old way for to earn one’s living poundBut Spring brought joy to Mushera the birds sang all the dayAnd the hawthorn trees looked lovely in their white blooms of the MayAnd the cooing of the woodpigeons a pleasant…

In the Parish where I grew to manhood I would feel like a stranger todayFew there now would even recognize me the years have left melooking gray.The schoolboy of the nineteen fifties three decades of years past his primeHe may not live to be an old man but he surely will outlive his rhymeBut memories…