A wedding Song
(For Rachel and Joe).

I met a boy in a barn one day
A boy in a barn with his eyes so-so.
He said ‘marry me’ but I said no
To the boy in the barn with his eyes so-so.

So off to America he did go
The boy in the barn with his eyes so-so
And never once did I say don’t go
To the boy in the barn with his eyes so-so.

And it’s forty years since he’s been gone
The boy in the barn with his eyes so-so.
But I loved him gentle I loved him strong
The boy in the barn with his eyes so-so.

Now I’m off to America in a big steel boat
To the boy in the barn with his eyes so-so.
And he’ll meet me there in my new red coat
The boy in the barn with his eyes so-so.

But now that I am old and small
To the boy in the barn with his eyes so-so.
Will he still recognise me at all?
The boy in the barn with his eyes so-so

And I’ll say to the boy if its not to late
The boy in the barn with his eyes so-so.
I won’t leave you waiting at the altar gate
The boy in the barn with his eyes so-so.