Is Clogherhead Like It Used to Be - Paddy Reilly

Is Clogherhead like it used to be?

Is the pier still there?

Do the boys and girls go round the head

In the evening so fair?

Is my girl as nice as she used to be?

Are my friends alright?

Oh what I’d give to be with them

In Clogherhead tonight

Two friends they met in a foreign land

In a land beyond the sea

And one of them sent for Clogherhead

And landed there that day

After a shake hands and a friendly drink

The other murmured low

Come tell me about the old home town

Come tell me all you know

Is Clogherhead like it used to be?

Is the pier still there?

Do the boys and girls go round the head

In the evening so fair?

Is my girl as nice as she used to be?

Are my friends alright?

Oh what I’d give to be with them

In Clogherhead tonight

He spoke about his little girl

And he murmured with a sigh:

«If she had been more kind to me

I’d ne’er have said good bye»

The tears they rolled down his cheeks

And his heart was sad and sore

But his sigh quickly changed to a smile of joy

As he said once more

Is Clogherhead like it used to be?

Is the pier still there?

Do the boys and girls go round the head

In the evening so fair?

Is my girl as nice as she used to be?

Are my friends alright?

Oh what I’d give to be with them

In Clogherhead tonight