Times Are Good In Green Old Ireland

The Ireland i grew up in is a different Land today
And change is for the better there or so it would seem that way
Back then many young Irish people left Ireland now to Ireland many do migrate
And Ireland's new found prosperity is something to celebrate
A multicultural Ireland to that I'll drink a toast
Of record high employment that is worthy of a boast
When i left there in the mid eighties unemployment high and jobs were few
It is a different Country Ireland from the Ireland i once knew
On a cold day in December more than two decades ago
When old Clara west of Millstreet Town wore his Winter hat of snow
I boarded the bus to Rosslare Ferry that took me from Hibernia's shore
Far from Claraghatlea near Millstreet and the fields of Claramore
Times are good in green old Ireland such good news is good to hear
Things were much worse when i lived there but that's going back many a year.