Den Joe Murphy

One of the strongest men in Cullen in his physical prime Though like all others he eventually fell victim to time Den Joe one of the nice people of Lisnaboy His few pints of porter he used to enjoy A tall broad shouldered handsome fellow hair dark as a crow Den Joe Murphy was a kind and a good person to know He did not have children and did not have a wife And he lived in Lisnaboy all of his life He lived with his mum Hanna Leary his sisters Joan and Peg in Lisnaboy did not stay A new generation in Cullen in Duhallow today All we retain of the past are memories of people and Seasons long gone And on all of our lives the biological clocks ticking on On his farm in Lisnaboy Den Joe worked hard every day And nothing easy in life ever did come his way But if he could help you he was one who would He was one who in him who had a whole pile of good The changes keep happening in the Lisnaboy of today In the cemetery by Cullen church Den Joe's last remains lay And though the now is all that does matter as the wise one does say Good memories live on and till death with us stay.