Now I'm Easy

For nearly sixty years, I've been a cocky

Of floods and droughts and fire, I've lived through plenty

This country's dust and mud have seen my tears and blood

But it's nearly over now and now I'm easy

I married a fine young girl when she was twenty

But she died in giving birth when she was thirty

No flying doctors then, just a gentle old black "gen"

But it's nearly over now and now I'm easy

She left me with two sons and a daughter

And a bone dry farm with soil crying out for water

Though my care was rough and ready, they grew up fine and steady

But it's nearly over now and now I'm easy

My daughter married rich and went her own way

And my sons are buried by the Burren Railway

In this place I call my home, I carry on alone

But it's nearly over now and now I'm easy

City folk today despise the cocky

Saying with subsidies and dole we've had it easy

But there's no drought or starving stock on their sore suburban block

But it's nearly over now and now I'm easy

For nearly sixty years, I've been a cocky

Of floods and droughts and fire, I've lived through plenty

This country's dust and mud have seen my tears and blood

But it's nearly over now and now I'm easy

It's nearly over now and now I'm easy