Does Not Matter To Me Now

Does not matter to me now of my every life's loss and gain And of what was only memories with me now remain Far north of this countryside near Warrnambool Where i was a dunce of the primary school In Duhallow in north Cork in Millstreet Town Where old Clara mountain as ever looks down On Duhallow and Sliabh Luachra's green countryside For it's scenic beauty that is known far and wide Too old now for regrets or of what mighthave been to feel sad In life we must take the good times with the bad It is said from life we receive what is only our due Though on many instances this is not true In cemeteries near or in Millstreet or from there far away Some i went to school with among the deceased does lay Some fromDuhallow migrated and some at home did stay The girls and boys of the fifties have known of a far better day Does not matter to me now of the what used to be In a place where today few would know of me The now is what matters and of the past only memories not dead And who is to say of us what lay ahead.