Dublin In My Tears

I have travelled many lands,and I still don't understand How sad you have become on my return Your poor heart is filled with care,sad and old they left you there Your once bright eyes with sorrow softly burn I can even sense the change in the sound of childrens games And the dreams of youth's ambitions have all turned to doubt and fear It's an age of wealth Im told but I've never felt so old As I recall old Dublin in my tears All the faces that I meet as I roam each one way street Reflect the empty statements of our time And the old cathedral bell can't be heard above the swell For the years arranged a message in her chimes All my childhood friends are gone,like the street where I was born And the time that it has taken doesn't seem so long ago They have faded in the gloom like 'Sap Kelly' from the Coombe Like the ghost of dear old Dublin in my tears. There were times when jobs were few,there were hungry days we knew Some days so bad their memory I've cursed And the prayer I said to God,there on board the Princess Maud That our children would restore the pride we lost But the past we all forsake while we're dancing at her wake And the heart of Dublin's dying,but no body seems to care, And the fools as they pass by,laugh to see an old man cry But I can't forget old Dublin in my tears Gather round brave men and true,though our numbers may be few We'll drink one toast before I cross the foam For soon in London's dark domain,I'll recall how I became No more a stranger there that here at home But the liffey flows along and I listen for her song And the voice of young James Larkin seems to echo in my ears But its just the rafters ring,to it's requiem I'll sing Farewell to dear old Dublin in my tears, G...... Farewell to dear old Dublin in my tears ..