Now I
courted
your old grandma
along the canal walk
And I told her she's the
fairest of them all
And I told her that I loved her
and I wanted her for mine
And I wrote it all along
the gasworks wall
Now she gave me six fine sons
And your father he was one
And she kept the old together
And her fa vourite she had none
But the war, cut the family down
to more than half its size
And I saw your grandma aging
right before me very eyes
She was bonny, she was fair,
and we made a lovely pair
I'd give half the world to see her
in the old rocking chair
Now an angel called on us one night
and took your gran away
But she just had time to comb
and plait her hair
And though lonely times did face me
and it nearly broke me heart
Nobody else could fill that rocking chair
She was bonny, she was fair,
and we made a lovely pair
I'd give half the world to see her
in the old rocking chair
Now when I climb the stairs at night
by flicker of candlelight
And I look upon me shadow on the wall
I can remember when that
shadow once was two
And beside me stood the
fairest of them all
Now when I lay me down to sleep
I pine for my sweet lass
And I wish the times were like
they used to be
And I hope your grandma hears me voice
and tells the Lord above
To send an angel down to call on me
She was body, she was fair,
and we made a lovely pair
I'd give half the world to see her
in the old rocking chair
She was bonny, she was fair,
and we made a lovely pair.
I'd give half the world to see her
in the old rocking chair.
She was bonny, she was fair,
and we made a lovely pair.
I'd give half the world to see her
in the old rocking chair.
She was bonny, she was fair,
and we made a lovely pair
I'd give half the world to see her
in the old rocking chair