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(Instrumental intro)As the midnight chimesThrough these grieving timesShackled down staying on the groundWhen we can’t give inNo, we must never give intoAll the diatribe and the innuendoFor the world outsideShould be our guideAlthough it’s physicalThere’s something spiritual, going onFollow all the signsStay within the linesYou can again do, all you set out toAmong your old…

(Instrumental intro)As I rode on downRiding into that ‘Honky Tonk’ townMy spurs were jinglingAlong with the song I was singingMy guns were tied downReady for what might to go downSpied a saloonI was still whistling my tuneSwaggered on inOrdered a whisky and gin.A pretty girlSettled on my arm‘Honky Tonk’ playedShe laid on her charmI was…

Nobody wants to say goodbyeBecause nobody wants to cryAnd so, you go on livingOr are you pretendingNobody asks you, why?How a true love could ever dieYou just go on denyingFor you just want to go on believingDay after day(Brief instrumental interlude)And you have to pass the time of dayHiding all those silent fears awayYou hold…

Hear what they sayBefore you leave todayWords with a swayThat may prompt you to stayFor your path will be longerAnd the going harder, so much harderEach step you takeAlong the long and lonely wayWhy won’t you stay?Watch the children playNot much left to sayBefore you drift astrayIf only to remind herWhile under this sulky oak…

A Mother’s love, the purestAnd the first you’ve ever knownAlways calm and soothingWhen you are all aloneA Mother’s love, eternalBuilt around a loving homeAny time you’re hurt or troubledAnd don’t know what to doMother’s love is there to comfort youA Mother’s love, unerringWatches over as you growAlways there supporting Through your highs and lows A…

Searching through our heritageMany of us made claimsOver the course of timeOf Irish blood in our veinsThey came from land far awayThey came from famine and fireThere was no more home for themWhen they left old Mother Eire(Chorus)To be sure …. To be sureThey can still raise a smileAnd think of their homeOn the Emerald…

Many folk have been wonderingHow it might have beenWhen it comes to the IrishOne side’s orange, one side’s greenIt is really ironicNor would they have knownIt was a disputeOver the old English throneSo, when do you thinkThat it all begun?It happened in the budding yearOf sixteen ninety oneWell, King William came from far OrangeJames’ daughter…

(Instrumental intro)Long before the days of Rock and RollLong before they had begunThey played such things as a GlockenspielWhen looking for some funThey even had an organistrumThough it sounded rather glumBut over centuries they refined itA revival had begunNow it was called the hurdy-gurdyWith it came that hurdy-gurdy soundCrank it, crank it roundSpin out that…

Among the special memories Implanted in my youthDriving down the FleurieuWith luggage strapped to the roofThose were special memories That remain until this dayWhen we went on holiday Down in Encounter Bay Circa nineteen fiftyNow that was a different sceneRight there in the footstepsWhere Matthew Flinders had beenThe old house still standing Right until this…

(instrumental intro)I grew up with HerShe was the girl next doorAlways proved to beMy best friendSince we were fourAnd so, through the yearsThere was a special trustAnd a true rapportFrom an early age we sworeTo be as one for evermoreA true ‘Tomboy’Was the girl next doorAnd as she flowered Everybody sawHow much I lovedThe girl…