My heart was warm with family love as i slipped into a chair
Beside my uncle john, my daughters 'cross the table there
I'd walked the docks in misty rain, a pain was in my legs
But i'd seen the dream of kinsmen in the boats of k**ybegs
The banter of my uncle and my daughters filled the air and the gunning brothers? next to us were glad that we were there
I was kind of quiet listening at the window ledge
For the music of the harbor, the birds of k**ybegs
Down the coast not far was galway land of joys and kinnamar? at their supper and asleep we would visit? there tomorrow
I worried if my words would e'er be sung by irishmen
Or out here on the docks??
Like the fish of k**ybegs
A radio was playing though we never heard a word
But the rhythm of the music was familiar if absurd and harkning intensity? for silence did i beg
Oh what a song was playing in the air of k**ybegs
I couldn't quite believe it for it sounded rather strange
The instruments were different and the key had been changed
I reached to turn the volume up then teetered on my legs
A girl from tipperary sang my song in k**ybegs