On Nicholas And Margaret's Sixtieth

Nicholas and Margaret Tarrant they've shared a lot in life For sixty years together they've lived as man and wife In this the age of one night stands by example they lead People like them nowadays are rare and more of their type we need. They lived at Gortavehy and I've known them since I was a boy Thousands of miles from where I now live north as the crow might fly At fund raisers they played cards together of partners 45 Their shared interests a reason that their marriage did survive. Where they lived at Gortavehy not far from the mountain lake The brown skylark flew upwards above the high fields at daybreak And upwards towards the cloud World he carolled in the sky In the gray dawn of the morning he sung as he did fly Nicholas and Margaret now live in Ballincollig some thirty miles or more From the peaks of Caherbarnagh between Millstreet and Rathmore They've been through a lot together and to their wedding vows they've remained true Since the day that they were married back in nineteen forty two. About Nicholas and Margaret there is so much to admire And the story of their sixty years together is a story to inspire Still devoted to each other they've been soul mates since their prime And their marriage still rock solid has survived the test of time.