A Song For Mary Long

Her children were my friends when I was young boy More than forty years ago how time does fly And now I dedicate this simple song To the memory of Jer's wife Mary Long. She embraced all that's good in human life A good mother and a devoted wife And she always lived in hope for future day The good times are coming Mary used to say. Good memories of Mary Long I retain I never ever heard her once complain She enjoyed life and sought no sympathy And worked so hard to raise her family. Her husband Jer died back in eighty three And Mary went to live with her daughter near Tralee She turned the key on river side cottage door And the Longs not in Annagloor any more. Her children were my friends when I was young boy Some forty years ago how time does fly And now I dedicate this simple song To the memory of Jer's wife Mary Long.