As I sit here by the fireside
I'm turning back the years
I can hear my mother singing in the morning
As she scrubbed our shining faces
And then packed us off to school
All too soon those days were over without warning

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So sing me the songs of our gold and silver days
Days filled with innocence and light
Not a penny to our name
We were happy just the same
In our gold and silver days

In the parlour on a Friday night
My father took the floor
I can hear us join together in the chorus

Singing "Just a Song at Twilight"
And "The Moon behind the Hill"
Now those voices are all silenced, gone before us

(CHORUS)
We gathered at the Daisy Field
On Sunday afternoon
And we danced to Johnny Quigley and the Royal
Through the years we all were scattered
But our friends were good and true
Always there when they were needed, always loyal
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