On Jeoffrey O' Sullivan's Memories Of Tubrid

A changed Country Ireland the Ireland of today
Since the young Jeoffrey O' Sullivan traveled with his mother and siblings by donkey cart to Tubrid in May
The spring well of devotion near the Town of Millstreet
A short walk through Matty Owens bog to where the rivers do meet

Such a wonderful memory of his time as a boy
Of beautiful Tubrid for him for to share and enjoy
But many changes have occured in Duhallow since then
And the children of those days now aging women and men

So many children who went with their parents to Tubrid to do the rounds and pray
As Jeoffrey does will remember and tell of those memories today
Where they drank the clear waters of Tubrid's bright spring
The great gift of memory can be such a wonderful thing

In May above Matty Owens bog the skylark sing as he fly
A musical speck in the gray of the sky
The song his ancestors sung in the Spring of the year
That those doing the rounds at Tubrid so often do hear

Jeoffrey O' Sullivan's wonderful memories of what for him used to be
Awakened the nostalgia that was dormant in me
Of that beautiful spot where people go to for to pray
In Matty Owens bog in Claraghatlea in May.