I Once Was A Boy As You Are Now

I once was a boy as you are now when my hair was dark brown In Claraghatlea far north of here near famous Millstreet Town The sports I played and that you play as different as can be But your strong bond to Nature makes you similar to me The yellow robin and the rufous whistler, the magpie and the pale eyed crow Birds that live in the nearby wood by their voices you know When I was young in Claraghatlea I knew most birds by their song The dunnock, chaffinch and goldfinch one never could get wrong, In a World of billions of people the Human World of today Nature in need of every friend that would seem fair to say Due to habitat destruction due to financial greed wild creature becoming rare More species near to extinction for every new millionaire I once was a boy as you are now but that was long ago Far north of here near Millstreet Town where Finnow waters flow.