Mary O

She went to Dublin in the late sixties off hand can't say what year For to live with her only child her daughter Peg O Deere And still her happy laughter comes to me from long ago The heart and soul of Claraghatlea kindhearted Mary O. The only daughter of Mary and Jack the Master her only brother Jack Died in England many years ago of a major heart attack And Mary O outlived them all and 'tis said she's still going strong And may she live to be over one hundred years and may her life be long. I've known her since I was young lad since I was knee high tall A mentor of my childhood years and one I still recall She must have been over forty years when I was a schoolgoing boy And with her happy hearty laugh she spread the gifty of joy. In my memory she is still quite young she never did grow old In her mid life when I was a boy she has a heart of gold And I still hear her hearty laugh across the miles away And I'll remember Mary O till my own final day.