My girl Jill

They shook their heads as oft they did                  

My parents knew of my desire                                

To travel far from my place of birth             

To live my life for all I was worth                              

We were country folk of southern hills                     

Where hard farming was our sole graft      

But all my mates did laugh and scoff                     

As I was one who sought a life far off                        

Despite this as soon as I was able

I said good bye to my parents sad

And stole a kiss from my girl Jill

This need for adventure for to fill

So off I went one fine morning

Left my home of many a year

I trekked over the hills to the sea    

Where my life could be lived so free          

I was but a stranger on that shore

And found life hard to fill my needs

I toiled on a job to pay my way 

But so empty was my night and day

I drank too much, that’s for sure

My workmates speech was hard to read

And they laughed at my country ways

Taunting me ‘til I was ablaze

Waking in the gutter one morn

Of this life I knew I’d see enough

Adventure now had lost its thrill 

I must go back to my girlfriend Jill

So I packed my bags and off I went
To make that uphill journey back
My heart now knew my love was home
No more from my cute Jill would roam

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