Margaret

On our life's journey for us many a dawn
When Margaret left Claraghatlea for Tooreenbawn
To marry Michael Casey a good man
Her new life close to Mushera she began

In Tooreenbawn four miles from Millstreet Town
Within view of Mushera  in his cloak of brown
She raised four children got on with her life
In her new challenge of mother and wife

In her younger years quite lovely to behold
She did not live for to grow very old
A crippling stroke from her took most of her quality of life away
And at sixty nine she lived her last night and day

She may have lived and died as one unsung
But when mum was ill she took care of us when we were young
The job of mother on her young shoulders fell
Of an easy life poor Margaret could not tell

Our best of memories can move us to tears
When I think of Margaret and the bygone years
I do feel sad of that why should i lie
Though the happiest memories in us till we die

In Millstreet now not much for one like me
So many there i knew i would not see
Good memories of them are all that remain
Though the mental pictures of them i retain

In the old Millstreet Town cemetery at peace now Margaret lay
From the homes she loved not very far away
From Claraghatlea where she looked on her first dawn
And from her marriage home in higher Tooreenbawn.