Don't sing me 'Slievenamon' or 'Molly Malone' or 'The Banks Of My Own Lovely Lee' <br />Or 'The Boys Of Wexford' or 'Galway Bay' or even 'The Rose Of Tralee' <br />I've often heard those songs sung in my young years and the past I do want to forget <br />They were and are well loved old ballads though tinged with nostalgia and regret <br />And I want to get over nostalgia and feeling sad for my lost prime <br />Trying to relive our better Seasons does seem a waste of precious time <br />And listening to old songs and ballads keeps dragging me back to the past <br />But we can only live in the present and the clock on our lives ticking fast <br />Don't sing me 'The Mountains Of Mourne' or the song known as 'Bold Thady Quill' <br />Of nostalgic old songs and ballads one might say that I've had my fill <br />I'm not unlike most other migrants when I've had a couple of beers <br />I think of the past gone forever and I often feel quite close to tears <br />But do sing me something that's happy and with you I will sing along <br />For I too am one who can enjoy the happiness in a joyful song.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/do-sing-me-something-that-s-happy/
