Mary From Macroom

She grew into a young woman some forty years ago
In Macroom a mid Cork Town where the Sullane waters flow
She left there in her early twenties in her life's youthful bloom
And she is known to everyone as Mary from Macroom.

She settled in the seaside City of Warrnambool many miles from Erin's shore
And she has been married to an Aussie bloke named David for some thirty years or more
Their marriage brought one daughter mother of a seven year old boy
And Mary in her sixties her twilight years enjoy.

She was a brown haired beauty back in her younger day
And now she uses brown hair dye for to cloak her ageing gray
Though she is not conceited or proud in any way
She just wishes for to look young and that seems quite okay.

Though in her early sixties the years on her don't show
And since she came to live in Warrnambool some forty years ago
The changes have been happening and Warrnambool has grown
Though she is quick to add in Macroom nowadays I would not be known.

In Warrnambool at every Irish gathering you are bound to see her there
A woman in her sixties of brown shoulder length hair
And though she doubts she'll ever see her old Hometown again
The mellow tones of mid Cork with her do remain.