Previous

Colum Sands
	Year:	1981
	Album:	UNAPPROVED ROAD
	Song:	If it wasn't for the border
Words Colum Sands Music Traditional, Elm Grove Music Colum Sands: vocals, guitar Ben Sands: mandoline, backing vocals Tom Sand: G-banjo, backing vocals
Well I am a simple farmer, the truth I'll tell to you, I owned a bit of land that would graze a beast or two, But how my live has changed since my field was cut in two, By a little dotted line that's called the border. Chorus: If it wasn't 't for the border what would we do, We'd only have one parliament instead of having two, We couldn't play with pounds and punts and roadblocks would be few, Sure we couldn't live at all without the border. My uncle's in the customs, and he makes a punt or two He doesn't like the work, but it keeps him off the bureau, His underweare's in ribbons, but his uniform is new Sure he couldn't live at all without the border. Chorus And I myself am unemployed, but the smuggling sees me through, For the border is a way of live, as I'll explain to you For I draw the dole in Newry, and in Dundalk I draw it too, Sure I couldn't live at all without the border. Chorus