"ON THE BUSES"

THE DOUBLE DECKER BUSES
ARE NO MORE TO BE SEEN
GOING UP TO RATHBANE
OR OUT TO RAHEEN.

THEY CARRIED GREAT LOADS
TO CHURCH AND TO SCHOOL
FIVE STANDING DOWNSTAIRS
WAS THE REGULAR RULE.

THE CONDUCTOR WAS CONSTANTLY
CLIMBING THE STAIRS
ISSUING THE TICKETS
AND COLLECTING THE FARES

TWO BELLS TO GO AND
ONE BELL TO STOP
AT THE SCHOOL GATE
OR THE CORNER SHOP

FROM EARLY IN THE MORNING
TILL LATE AT NIGHT
THESE BUSES WERE ALWAYS
A REGULAR SIGHT

BUT ALACK AND ALAS
I AM SAD TO SAY
THE NOW BELONG
TO ANOTHER DAY.