| lyric | 1. Do you remember, Jem, when we first stepped out,
You'd a pin-striped suit, you wouldn't open your mouth,
But you looked really lovely, 'cept your shirt was stickin' out,
Do you remember, Jem?
Do I remember? Will I ever forget?
2. And pickin‘ the winkles on Dollymount strand
And the tide came in, nearly drowned our gran,
We had to push her home in a three-wheeled pram,
Do you remember, Jem?
Do I remember? Will I ever forget?
3. And the day we went to the Phoenix Park,
To look at the deer and sit on the grass.
And you held my hand and asked for a kiss,
But I wouldn't give in 'cause I knew it was a mortal sin.
Then you said you loved me and promised the ring.
Do you remember, Jem?
Do I remember? Will I ever forget?
4. And the hooley in the house on Stephen’s night.
You met all the relations and nothing went right.
They thought you were my little brother 'cause you looked like Stan,
'Cept he's bigger and he ever got sick over gran.
Do you remember, Jem?
Do I remember? Will I ever forget?
5. And do you remember the day you changed my name,
You couldn't find the ring and gran started praying.
And she looked in your waistcoat and poked you round.
When she looked through your pockets your trousers fell down.
Do you remember, Jem?
Do I remember? Will I ever forget?
6. And the singing and dancing back at the house,
Come to think of it you were quiet as a mouse.
You shouldn't have poured whiskey in gran‘s bottle of stout.
I thought she was dead when we found her asleep in the wedding bed.
But it was gas, and it was grand, and you had to sleep with my brother Stan.
Do you remember, Jem?
Do I remember? Will I ever forget?
7. Well, it's forty years now we've been knocking about.
You're much the same; I haven't changed,
'Cept my teeth aren't my own and you've got gout.
But you really look lovely, 'cept your shirt‘s still sticking out.
Do you remember, Jem?
Do I remember? Will I ever forget? |