Ralph McTell
YouTubeWell there's four of us who share the room,
we work hard for the brass
And getting up late on Sunday,
I never get to mass
It's a long long way from Clare to here
It's a long long way from Clare to here
Oh, it's a long long way, it gets further day by day
It's a long long way from Clare to here
When Friday night comes around
Eddy's only into fighting
My ma would like a letter home
but I'm too tired for writing
Well it almost breaks my heart
when I think of Josephine
I promised I'd be coming back
with pockets full of green
I think I hear a piper play
maybe it's a notion
I dream I see white horses
dance on that other ocean