Did they build this tenement With stone from Fife?
Does it have a memory Of an earlier life?
Before it was transported To be cut with pride
And built up till it looped down On Causeway Side?
At the edge of the pavement There stands a girl
Of no more than three Years in this world
Looking up at her mother With sheer delight
For a moment On Causeway Side
The rats in the sewer And the autumn sky
Stand still for a moment And so do I
As we touch the eternal Then the cold winds sigh
And blow it away Down Causeway Side