The train to Sligo moves too slow
As it brings her from the school below
She wants to be home faster than
The train to Sligo ever can
verse 2
She wonders where the passing time goes
Creeping by her window, my oh my
It?s getting longer than
It ever has before
Eyes wide as silver dollars
Hold on, it seems so long to learn
What?s right from what is wrong
Oh, school books and fancy collars
I might not care to be a scholar
'Hold on' her daddy tells her
'Learn to sing your song'
verse 3
The train from Sligo moves too fast
When holidays are gone at last
Winter days are here again
Please promise me you?ll write me then
verse 4
It?s two long weeks till I get home
I can?t help feeling all alone
If someone doesn?t write me soon
I?ll simply fade away
Eyes wide as silver dollars
Hold on, it seems so long to learn
What?s right from what is wrong
Oh, school books and fancy collars
I might not care to be a scholar
'Hold on' her daddy tells her
'Learn to sing your song'
Instrumental
Eyes wide as silver dollars
I Can?t think why, but she?s a scholar
Hold on, it seems so long to learn
What?s right from what is wrong
Oh, school books and fancy collars
I might not care to be a scholar
'Hold on' her daddy tells her
'Learn to sing your song'