There's a man on the corner
Of the high street nearby
He havers lots of nothing
And he makes the children cry
He monologues in Gaelic
I understand so few
Then he pours his troubles into a tune
And he says
Don't worry darling
I'll be back again once more
I'll sail from Tobermory
And take you round the world
I left you up in Harris
And the promise I made was true
Don't worry' I'll be back for you soon
My mother said he's crabbit
He's left with half his brain
He lost it in the war
To be never retrieved again
I asked her who he's calling
Or what he answers to
She said 'son you'll never know the truth'
He says don't worry darling
I'll be back again once more
I'll sail from Tobermory
And take you round the world
I left you up in Harris
And the promise I made was true
Don't worry' I'll be back for you soon
With a half bottle of Jura he lays down on the slate
Accordion on his breastbone and soaking up the rain
's e 'n diugh an latha a thilleas he whispers to himself
And not a soul had seen him since or else
He says don't worry darling
I'll be back again once more
I'll sail from Tobermory
And take you round the world
I left you up in Harris
And the promise I made was true
Don't worry' I'll be back for you soon
He had lay down on the moss next to another slab of stone
Clutching on a rose and a neatly rolled up poem
The groundsman read the stanza then carried him with his might
The corner will be empty tonight
And it said
Don't worry darling
I'll be back again once more
I'll sail from Tobermory
And take you round the world
I left you up in Harris
And the promise I made was true
Don't worry' I'll be back for you soon