Memories Of The Star Ballroom

We only have memories of the what used to be
And in mental images the past comes to me
Of  The Star Ballroom in Millstreet Town on a Thursday night
Good old memories remain as a source of delight

The young men and women who danced in The Star Ballroom where are they today?
Some of them are ageing in Lands far away
From the famed ballroom in the Town of Millstreet
On our nostalgic moments old friends we do meet

Dominic McSweeney the owner manager of The Star Ballroom back then
In his weekly Cork Examiner add had 'The Star Club where love stories begin'
Suppose many love affairs in the Star began
But not all of them would have lived for of time a long span

In the nineteen sixties in Ireland the showband era was in it's full swing
And the twist and rock n roll were then the in thing
But the showband era is now a memory of the past
As is said of life few things ever last

The young women and men back then in their lives prime
Like me would be feeling the passing of time
For eventually time becomes everyone's foe
And the ageing only have memories of the long ago

The showband era in Ireland is in the long gone
And of the Thursday night dance in the Star only memories live on
In the young women and men who danced there in or near their lives prime
And this is going back some five decades in time.