HOW GREAT
WAS MY HAPPINESS
by
SEAMUS ROBINSON
© 1978
How great was my happiness,
To see you lying there –
A new-born baby boy for me,
To love and hold with care –
To love and hold with care.
How great was my happiness,
To see you as a boy –
With all your little childish
ways,
You were my life’s whole joy –
You were my life’s whole joy.
How great was my happiness,
To see you at eighteen –
A young man in a battledress,
All bright in soldier green –
All bright in soldier green.
( instrumental break )
Now great is my sorrow,
To see you lie so still –
And know on the morrow,
A new-made grave you’ll fill –
A new-made grave you’ll fill.
( instrumental finale )
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