My first home ©Tony Fallon 011518

My first home ©Tony Fallon 011518

Memories of my first home remain with me

Thousands of miles across the sea

Far too many to fit on one small page

So what I leave out I’ll have to gauge

At one I was in hospital and always had a fear

That one day both my parents would disappear

I also was troubled with being lazy eyed

So on my good one a black patch was applied

All that accomplished was trips and falls

Falling down steps and running into walls

I had an operation which was very complex

It sure didn’t help I’m still wearing specs

I played some football and oft took the hurl

But at dancing I’d get dizzy if I tried to whirl.

I remember days when we went to the bog

In our house we always had one cat and dog

The three miles to school was a bit of a hike

But we had great fun in the lake catching pike

I’ll never forget the fresh water from the well

And two times a day hearing the angelus bell

I’ll never forget the sound of a steam train

Or the first time in the sky that I saw a plane

My mother put green apples in a cock of hay

And froze getting potatoes out of a pit of clay

The turkeys and hens were always looking for food

And we laughed as the cow chewed and chewed

Far away from the drudgery of farming I can’t explain

How I can remember the sunshine but not the rain