The Great Bush River

A song for the Peter O'Tooles about a famous river in Northern Ireland, although it is conceivable that there is some additional, and less savory, meaning to the song.

LYRICS:

It's calling me; it's calling me
From the Antrim Hills to Portballantrie
I see it in dreams as westward it flows
And I promise to follow wherever it goes
I begged to the Gods and the Gods did deliver
And I'll spend my life swimming in the Great Bush River

There's hardly a day that I do without
Dreaming of salmon and feisty brown trout
All afternoon their scent does persist
Its the odor of fish I cannot resist
I begged to the Gods and the Gods did deliver
And I'll spend my life swimming in the Great Bush River

It's the water they use in Antrim County
To make the world famous Bushmill whiskey
I'm satisfied after only a dunk as
It doesn't take much Bush to get me drunk
I begged to the Gods and the Gods did deliver
And I'll spend my life swimming in the Great Bush River

I'll go there, I tell you, and I'll go there right quick
With me hands they a-clutching me long blackthorn stick
There's hardly a man who needs him a push
To spend all his life swimming in Bush
I begged to the Gods and the Gods did deliver
And I'll spend my life swimming in the Great Bush River

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posted by Astro Zombie