In Australia

Stephen O'prey

I'm glad to be here in australia glad to have ldft the troubles far behind yes i;m glad to be here in australia where the children run free and grow up just to be who they want to be no-one will bring a hammer down and no-one will frown upon the friedns they've found they can go where they wish to tarry marry whom they wish to marry stay young stay free never end uo in a cage like me i can be irish in australia where free speech can be found and all cherches abound in all vicinites adno-one will bring a gun around no no-one will try to shoot my father down as he walks home from worl when the car has been took for a barricade by the loyalist brigade we've been twenty-five years in australia twenty-five years and my mother she still frets twenty-five years in australia now there's grandchildren born but she still seems so torn form where she wants to be and i am feeling much the same yes i am getting fed up with the game i've been where i wished to tarry married whom i wished to marry stayed young stayed free now i don't know where i'd rather be oh no still i'm glad to be here in australia glad that we left those troubles far behind glad to be here in Australia yes i am glad THE CHASM OF LOBERS APART