YOU SELDOM COME TO SEE ME ANYMORE
(Johnny McEvoy)


Also recorded by: 
Ken Mullan; Don Wardlow; Susan McCann; Hugo Duncan; 
Shamrock Singers; Paddy O'Brien; The Wicklows.


What's your hurry, can't you stay and pass an hour away 
And we'll sit and dream awhile by candlelight 
For when the long day's over, that's the time I fear the most 
When I hear your footsteps fade into the night 
 
You're restless, tell me why there's a teardrop in your eye 
And I've seen it there a hundred times before 
And I know you're going to leave me and it always breaks my heart 
For you seldom come to see me any more
 
I well recall that day when my ship it sailed away 
To a far off distant land across the sea 
Where a cruel war was raging, where time was standing still 
And blind hatred was the order of the day 

You're restless, tell me why there's a teardrop in your eye 
And I've seen it there a hundred times before 
And I know you're going to leave me and it always breaks my heart 
For you seldom come to see me any more
 
I know it can't be fair for a soldier's wife to hear 
How he helped to keep his country proud and free 
And no brass nor fancy ribbons can ever ease the pain 
When he comes back half the man he used to be 

You're restless, tell me why there's a teardrop in your eye 
And I've seen it there a hundred times before 
And I know you're going to leave me and it always breaks my heart 
For you seldom come to see me any more
You seldom come to see me any more



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - January 2016)