Mick Kelleher Will Never Be An Aussie

Mick kelleher will never be an Aussie He'll always be the man from far away He still talks about Millstreet and Clara Mountain And the groves and bogs and fields of Claraghatlea. For thirty two years he's lived out of Ireland And thirty two years seems a lengthy span It's true you can take the man from the mountain But you cannot take the mountain from the man. He still talks of his boyhood years in Millstreet And the friends he had as a primary school going boy John Joe Daly, Denis Sweeney and Connie Hartnett He will talk about them till the day he die. He still talks about Lal Dennehy's pub in Millstreet Where on visits home old friendships he did renew With Johnny Murphy and the late Morty Cronin I often hear him talk about those two. Mick Kelleher's wife and children are Australian And they are true to the Aussie green and gold And though his best memories are of a small Northern Country In this great Southern Land he will grow old. Mick Kelleher will never be an Aussie And the accent he brought with him with him stay And though he has spent most of his life in Australia He'll always be the man from far away.