Out On The Ocean

Episode 7: Wet was the day, cold was the ground

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And so in the end up where did Granny Brown go

And what about Granda Leo
Aunty Julia, Uncle James and their wee dog Rona
Bernard, and Gerard and Roy

Something to do with roving at night

Something to do with the water
A backyard lit by the kitchen light
Something to do with the water

Mum and dad, Bernie and John

Ellie and James and Gerald,
John Cochrane, John Francis and Uncle Ben
Mary, Marie and John Butler

Something to do with the kettle not boiled

Something to do with the meal
Something to do with the best china cups and
The smokers around for their tea

Something to do with the sycamore tree

Something to do with the rowan
Something to do with the hazel bush
Something to do with the season

Polly and Jeanie and old Billy Greer

Paddy and Jack and Arthur
Arty McAllister, Dessie McKeown
Tony and Mrs. McKinley

Something to do with the river in flood

Something to do with the blackthorn
Something to do with the red shade at night
Something to do with the morning

Something to do with the wheels of the world

Something to do with the gulder
Something to do with the wheel of the hurl
And the eternal chip on the shoulder

Something to do with the rose in the heather

There’s cows coming down through the orchard
Something to do with the weeds in the lane
And evening out on the ocean

Something to do with the chapel and clay

Something to do with the sound
Of a dog barking down round the end of the road
Wet was the day, cold was the ground

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Out On The OceanBy Dominic Black