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The Old House Lyrics

Artist: John McDermott
Album: Danny Boy

Lonely I wander through scenes of my childhood
They bring back to memory the happy days of yore
Gone are the old folk, the house stands deserted
No light in the window, no welcome at the door

Here's where the children played games on the heather
Here's where they sailed their wee boats on the burn
Where are they now? Some are dead, some have wandered
No more to their home will the children return

Lonely the house now, and lonely the moorland
The children have scattered, the old folk are gone
Why stand I here, like a ghost or a shadow?
â€°is time I was movin', â€ Ë†is time I passed on.

Comments/Interpretations

by JAMES O'CONNELL=IRISH BORN on 9/22/2009 12:20pm
THIS WAS ONE OF MY FATHERS FAVOURITE SONGS, IN HIS TIME A WELL KNOWN SINGER IN CORK CITY
I PLAN TO SING AND RECORD IT AND HOPE I CAN DO AS GOOD A JOB AS HIMSELF. I PLAY THE KEYBOARD AND SING..AGE 74 NICE WORK JOHN

by anser on 4/30/2010 5:34am
i believe this was the last song that the great John mccormick sang in public.

by anne mcdonnell on 11/6/2010 4:35pm
i remember my mother singing it in the fourties

by Brendan Clarke on 9/8/11 8:55pm on 8/9/2011 3:21pm
This is i think the only song my father knew.He would sing it when he was well oiled.My brothers and sisters hated this and similer songs.We liked singers such as Sinatra,Como.Dino and pop stars like Buddy Holly,the Everly brothers and of course Elvis.Before these great stars,Ireland was a musical waste land.

by tom fallon on 12/9/2011 4:37pm
mccormick at his best lovely

by ed3 on 6/15/2012 1:58pm
i like this song

by Eileen Savedra on 9/18/2012 4:06am
Miss Kelly at Holy Rosary School Wicklow, Eire taught us this song in Grade 3. I checked to make sure I still knew the words.

by Robbie Toner Snr on 10/8/2012 10:55pm
Theres something in this song that gets into your heart,making you realize the void that is left when you lose your loved ones

by barry waterfield on 2/11/2013 1:44am
I stand like a ghost now myself.How music can achieve so much with so little effort.A wonderful song.

by Karen O'Keefe on 5/28/2018 2:36pm
My Aunt and Father always sang this song. They were from Co. Kerry. We would all be in tears. Now, my parents house is empty and we have all scattered. So sad!

by Chris Cuddy on 11/22/2019 5:27pm
I want the last two lines on my tombstone.