The Man From Kanturk

He has shorn in the shearing sheds south east of Burke The man from far north from the fields of Kanturk The flat countryside in the heart of Duhallow Where he left seven years back his life dreams for to follow. He has worked on building sites in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide And what is known as easy money he has never made And north west of Perth in the tropics he worked on a water pipe-line In temperatures that seldom ever dropped below a warm twenty nine. In Darwin for a spell sewerage pipes he did lay In humid conditions he sweated for his pay From the warm Aussie sun his skin is bronzed brown The man from North Cork from near old Kanturk Town. A man in his late twenties and in his life's prime He has made love to his share of women over seven years of time And since he left Duhallow at the Station at Banteer He has drunk lots of hard liquor and plenty of beer.