A poet's house, a country cottage
not antiquated
young poets in the garden
well acquainted
with urban ironies

now simply writing verses
to the beauties of islandmagee

we can see the Irish sea
and smile at black dog Charlie
and pick borage

Scotland's over there, Ayrshire
Ailsa Craig and the Mull of Kintyre;

O, if I could write a ballad
like Paul McCartney.




A poet's house, a country cottage
young poets in the garden
simply writing verses
to Islandmagee's beauties

we can see the Irish sea
and smile at black dog Charlie
watch swallows and pick borage

Scotland's over there, Ayrshire
Ailsa Craig and the Mull of Kintyre;
O, if I could write a ballad
like Paul McCartney.