Ralph McTell - Mr Connaughton Lyrics
Mr Connaughton my memory's long, though the years have flownThough the years have gone.Was your wife's name Marjorie or Mary?Were you from Cork or Tipperary?Mr Connaughton when we lived underneathOh you said it was a lucky man had a gap between his teethAnd for a while I had a gap tooBut it closed when my big teeth came through.Oh it closed when my big teeth came through.Mr Connaughton you seemed to laugh such a lotAnd that would make us smile too, as often as notDid you have a friend who was a soldier?Well I'm gonna join the army when I'm older.Well I know you paid a fiver for that old motorbikeAnd they said it wouldn't run, but I thought that it might.I was nearly asleep when it spluttered into lifeAnd I clenched my fist and smiled a secret smile of delightWas your first name Kevin or Mike?I remember when you built us a soap-box cartWith the wheels off a pram, and a plank out in the yard,And you gave us a bit of string but we steered it with our feet.Oh boy it was the best one on the street,And you said "Jesus, that's the best one on the street".I remember when your little girl was bornYou brought her downstairs to show us all,And we were allowed to kiss herAnd I wished she was my sister.Mr Connaughton, you moved awayWith your wife and your baby, but we stayedTill finally we got re-housed tooAnd I never will forget youMr Connaughton my memory's long though the years have flownThough the years have goneWas your wife's name Marjorie or Mary?Were you from Cork or Tipperary?
