Does Not Matter To Me Now

Does not matter to me now of my every life's loss and gain 
And of what was only memories with me now remain 
Far north of this countryside near Warrnambool 
Where i was a dunce of the primary school 

In Duhallow in north Cork in Millstreet Town 
Where old Clara mountain as ever looks down 
On Duhallow and Sliabh Luachra's green countryside 
For it's scenic beauty that is known far and wide 

Too old now for regrets or of what might  have been to feel sad 
In life we must take the good times with the bad 
It is said from life we receive what is only our due 
Though on many instances this is not true 

In cemeteries near or in Millstreet or from there far away 
Some i went to school with among the deceased does lay  
Some from  Duhallow migrated and some at home did stay 
The girls and boys of the fifties have known of a far better day 

Does not matter to me now of the what used to be 
In a place where today few would know of me 
The now is what matters and of the past only memories not dead 
And who is to say of us what lay ahead.