Boston Rose - Bagatelle

Now the Autumn leaves are falling

And the tourists have all gone

And the children, they have all gone back to school

My life is as it was before

I work eight hours a day

And the company’s still making all the rules

And there’s a girl in Massachusetts

South of Boston town she says

And her lovely face is with me all the day

I met her down in old Tralee

Golden hair upon her head

And I won her heart

But she stole mine away

Goodbye my Boston beauty

Farewell my Boston rose

I’ll wait for you

I’ll think of you

No threat to you, I’ll pose

Goodbye my Boston beauty

Farewell my Boston rose

I wish that you were here

But I know that’s the way life goes

There’s a song we sang all Summer

In the bars of Dublin town

I can hear it on the factory radio

And the feelings I remember

When I hear that simple tune

Make me wonder if it really happened so…

For we laughed and loved together

Until the Summer days were gone

And she had to fly across the ocean wide

So goodbye my Boston varsity

Until we meet again

And I’ll keep a fire burning deep inside

Goodbye my Boston beauty

Farewell my Boston rose

I’ll wait for you

I’ll think of you

No threat to you, I’ll pose

Goodbye my Boston beauty

Farewell my Boston rose

I wish that you were here

But I know that’s the way life goes

Some nights when I’m drinking

And my friends are gathered 'round

And just for fun someone brings up you name

Well I laugh there with the rest of them

But I can’t hear a sound

I love you, but to them it’s all the same

At nights when I’m alone, my love

You come into my mind

And visions flash upon that inward eye

And I watch the moon, there, up above

And I leave the Earth behind

And I call to you as I go sailing by

So goodbye my Boston beauty

Farewell my Boston rose

I’ll wait for you

I’ll think of you

No threat to you, I’ll pose

Goodbye my Boston beauty

Farewell my Boston rose

I wish that you were here

But I know that’s the way life goes

I wish that you were here…

So farewell my Boston rose…