Nice song (if a wee bit sentimental!)that I found on a triple CD compilation of Paddy Reilly's - originally on the CD "The Town I Loved so Well". No credits on the CD I've got, so does anyone know who wrote it? Paddy himself or someone else?

AUTUMN HAS COME
(Shay Healy)
as sung by Paddy Reilly

When the crow's nest can be seen,
Autumn has come.
In the boughs of every tree,
Autumn has come.

And the branches bare of leaves now
Reach out with fingers gold,
For it's when the autumn comes
That love grows old.

How I wish that we were birds, love,
Autumn has come,
We would fly and find a summer,
Autumn has come.

And our youth would last for ever,
All the joys of life unfold,
There would be no autumn there
For love to grow old.

For your love I'd climb a mountain,
Autumn has come,
Search for you in every fountain,
Autumn has come.

And I'd waste the hours and minutes
I was able to control,
But the autumn's come at last
And love grows old.

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Note from Joe Offer (27 May 2013): I have received an e-mail from Shay Healy, confirming that he wrote this song. He says, "'Come Up The Stairs' has been regarded as a traditional song, but again, I wrote it to the tune of a song my mother used to sing, as Gaeilge, "Taim In Arrears."
Contact information: Shay Healy, Oisin/ Bardis Music, 9 Prince of Wales Terrace, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4