Music and lyrics by Richie Kavanagh
Well I went ta the scrapyard, a gear box ta buy.
An what did I spy there, with my little eye.
I recognised it, the minute I saw it.
The first little car, that I ever bought.
The seats were all torn an’ cover in dust.
An most of the body was riddled with rust.
But the memories came back in my mind when I thought.
Of the first little car that I ever bought.
When Nancy an’ me went spinning around.
Her father would show, his concern with a frown.
The nights we went courtin’, the nights we got caught.
In the first little car, that I ever bought.
The beautiful day, we became man an’ wife.
Was then we sat out, on the drive of our life.
Tin cans an’ aul boots all tied in a knot.
On the first little car, that I ever bought.
Five childer later, we still hit the road.
With them all in the back, well it was quite a load.
Sure they had such good times, they played an’ they fought.
In the first little car, that I ever bought.
Well I had it for then years from seventy-two.
An’ I thought it was time, I should get somethin’ new.
But no matter what I drove I never forgot.
The first little car, that I ever bought.
Now a bit like myself, she’s the worst of the wear.
She’s lost her colour an’ I’ve lost me hair.
A lifetime of memories an’ the joy that she brought.
The first little car, that I ever bought.
But there’s no way a’tall, we can turn back the clock.
On the first little car, that I ever bought.
What there’s no way a’tall, we can turn back the clock.
On the first little car, that we ever bought.