Lyrics

Christopher O’Rordan
©2015 T.G. Vanini


Oh Christopher O’Rordan you’re my joy and you’re my burden
You’re the source of my despair and you’re my hope for happiness
Every night you’re out a-roving and you’re never back till morning
And I sit here every day and watch your sweetly sleeping face

I was young and I was foolish when you moved into the parish
And your mother was a drinker and she never paid you mind
And as we grew together I grew wild and you grew wilder
And though you were forbidden I was always by your side

Oh Christopher O’Rordan ...

Soon our games among the bushes turned to love among the rushes
Then I found I was expecting so we ran away to town
Now I sit and rock the cradle and I hope that you’ll be able
To find a way to feed us when you finally sober down

Oh Christopher O’Rordan ...