GOOD NIGHT NURSE. {Mauve Riel - Burnbrae}

At last I've reached retirement age,

My working days are done,

But I am still quite young at heart

Not to miss out on fun.

The boys are educated now

And that is a relief,

If only they would hurry up

And find themselves a wife.

Stephen is a solicitor,

Mark, an aspiring judge,

Now maybe Frank and I will get

Our home in quaint Banbridge.

Perhaps we'll get to travelling

That surely is no sin

I'll go back to those Turkish Baths

With Kitty, Frank and Jim.

So no more on the night shift,

That really was a curse,

But on the whole I think I've been

A pretty good nightnurse.

So now that I'm retiring, I'll

Take things a little slower,

I will have time to sit and muse

And think of work no more.

Yes, I'll have time to sit and muse

Or help Frank with the mower.

However, after all's been said,

My uniform's still out,

For knowing Sarah Wallace well

I'll be called back, no doubt.