Janey Mac I'm Nearly 40-Wolfe Tones

[ti:Janey Mac I'm Nearly 40] [ar:Wolfe Tones] [al:The Anthology of Irish Song] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Janey Mac I'm Nearly 40 - Wolfe Tones [00:11.25]Well I've been singing most my lifetime [00:14.77] [00:15.75]Of rockall strong men and botany bay [00:19.20] [00:20.55]Singing songs of love and hope and freedom [00:24.43] [00:25.83]While time has slowly slipped away [00:29.16] [00:30.84]Have you noticed the policemen getting younger [00:34.25] [00:35.43]And the busmen they're getting younger too [00:38.95] [00:40.52]And all my friends are getting older [00:43.85] [00:45.21]I have stayed the same you know it's true [00:48.81] [00:50.41]And janie mac I'm nearly forty [00:54.46] [00:55.32]I think my hair is turning grey [00:59.32] [01:00.03]I'll be on the pension very shortly [01:04.69] [01:05.21]And how I long for yesterday [01:08.85] [01:09.94]We're so long together it's a record [01:14.36]We should be in the guinness book of fame [01:18.59] [01:20.09]For twenty-one long years we've been together [01:23.56] [01:24.46]And just for spite we'll do the same again [01:28.49] [01:29.78]But there's silver threads in tom's whiskers [01:33.46] [01:35.04]And derek with the beard he's getting bald [01:38.33] [01:39.92]And though he's getting kind of grumpy [01:43.45] [01:44.86]While I I'm just getting old [01:48.08] [01:49.80]And janie mac I'm nearly forty [01:54.67]I think my hair is turning grey [01:58.69] [01:59.37]I'll be on the pension very shortly [02:04.61]And how I long for yesterday [02:08.86] [02:09.57]So all you knockers and begrudgers [02:12.96] [02:14.00]You will admit we have that touch of class [02:18.03] [02:19.62]If not we'll send you our new record [02:23.11] [02:24.60]And you can stick it up your [02:27.61] [02:29.55]And janie mac I'm nearly forty [02:34.48]I think my hair is turning grey [02:38.53] [02:39.21]I'll be on the pension very shortly [02:43.92] [02:44.49]And how I long for yesterday