Goodbye, you flame haired colleen,

Pure gold on the silver screen

From those marvellous days

Of the long-ago haze

In those old picture houses we've been.

 

Beauty and fire combined,

A brave spirit unconfined.

Your favoured film swain

Was always "Duke" Wayne,

And no fan (or man) seemed to mind.

 

God bless for the memories, Maureen,

And the hours of pleasure we've seen;

Now you've gone to your rest,

Dublin-born at its best,

Still alive in our hearts, mavourneen.

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