Is Clogherhead Like It Used to Be

Is Clogherhead like it used to be?
Is the pier still there?
Do the boys and girls go round the head
In the evening so fair?
Is my girl as nice as she used to be?
Are my friends alright?
Oh what I’d give to be with them
In Clogherhead tonight
Two friends they met in a foreign land
In a land beyond the sea
And one of them sent for Clogherhead
And landed there that day
After a shake hands and a friendly drink
The other murmured low
Come tell me about the old home town
Come tell me all you know
Is Clogherhead like it used to be?
Is the pier still there?
Do the boys and girls go round the head
In the evening so fair?
Is my girl as nice as she used to be?
Are my friends alright?
Oh what I’d give to be with them
In Clogherhead tonight
He spoke about his little girl
And he murmured with a sigh:
«If she had been more kind to me
I’d ne’er have said good bye»
The tears they rolled down his cheeks
And his heart was sad and sore
But his sigh quickly changed to a smile of joy
As he said once more
Is Clogherhead like it used to be?
Is the pier still there?
Do the boys and girls go round the head
In the evening so fair?
Is my girl as nice as she used to be?
Are my friends alright?
Oh what I’d give to be with them
In Clogherhead tonight