The Electric Light

Eamon Friel Cop. Con

Mother dear I sometimes hear you talk of days of yore
You and Mollie Mary Kate and Pat
What happened to that simple life you led in days before
Ah the electric light put an end to that

Years and years that fairy fort stood sturdy now it’s gone
I wept to see it chopped and beaten flat
They say the little people danced around it in the dawn
Ah the electric light put an end to that

Flick of a switch and all of our ways of going
Dumped into the ditch
And I’m wondering whether we knew what we were at
Flick of a switch and all of us thinking we were poor when we were rich
Ah the electric light put an end to that

And the world was wider full of wonder don’t you know
Songs to sing and time to stop and chat
Ireland Mother Ireland tell me where did that all go
Ah the electric light put an end to that

Games of cards and kind regards you’d visit all the year
Always was a welcome on the mat
All the doors are bolted now how did it disappear
Ah the electric light put an end to that