In his sunlit back garden roses are in bloom
A long way far south of the Town of Macroom
And the silver billed magpie sings on a gum tree
In a beautiful place just a mile from the sea
The nostalgia he once felt it is in decay
For his old Hometown in Mid Cork from this Land far away
Where he now is he is quite happy to stay
I do love Australia he has been known to say
Though he never fathered children or never had a wife
He is quite contented in his lot in life
In his early seventies his better days gone
But for as long as he can live he will keep living on
A long way far south of Hibernia's shore
And his old Hometown he may see never more.
A long way far south of the Town of Macroom
And the silver billed magpie sings on a gum tree
In a beautiful place just a mile from the sea
The nostalgia he once felt it is in decay
For his old Hometown in Mid Cork from this Land far away
Where he now is he is quite happy to stay
I do love Australia he has been known to say
Though he never fathered children or never had a wife
He is quite contented in his lot in life
In his early seventies his better days gone
But for as long as he can live he will keep living on
A long way far south of Hibernia's shore
And his old Hometown he may see never more.
