{"id":1758,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/now-im-easy"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"now-im-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/now-im-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"NOW I’M EASY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

For nearly sixty years I’ve been a cocky,
\nOf drought and fires and floods I’ve lived through plenty;
\nThis country’s dust and mud have seen my tears and blood,
\nBut it’s nearly over now, now I’m easy.
\nI married a fine girl when I was twenty,
\nBut she died giving birth when she was thirty;
\nNo flying doctor then, just a gentle old black gin,
\nBut it’s nearly over now, now I’m easy.<\/p>\n

She left me with two sons and a daughter,
\nAnd a bone dry farm whose soil cried out for water;
\nSo my care was rough and ready, but they grew up fine and steady
\nBut it’s nearly over now, now I’m easy.
\nMy daughter married young and went her own way,
\nMy sons lie buried by the Burma Railway;
\nSo on this land I’ve made my own, I’ve carried on alone,
\nBut it’s nearly over now, now I’m easy.<\/p>\n

City folks these days despise the cocky.
\nSay with subsidies and all we’ve had it easy.
\nBut there’s no drought or starving stock
\nOn a sewered suburban plot
\nBut it’s nearly over now, now I’m easy.
\nYes, it’s nearly over now, now I’m easy.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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