This is what is what I hear on the John McCormack recording:

THE OLD HOUSE
(Frederick O'Connor)

Lonely I wander through scenes of my childhood,
They call back to memory the happy days of yore;
Gone are the old folk, the house stands deserted,
No light in the windows, no welcome at the door.

Here’s where the children played games on the heather;
Here’s where they sailed their wee boats on the burn.
Where are they now? Some are dead, some have wandered,
No more to their homes shall these children return.

Lone is the house now and lonely the moorland,
The children are scattered, the old folk are gone.
Why stand I here like a ghost and a shadow?
'Tis time I was moving, 'tis time I passed on.

any more verses???

any verification of the songwriter name?
Joe, where did you get your information? Just from the song title?
This page agrees with you on songwriter attribution, and says the lyrics came from a singer named John McDermott. The lyrics differ a bit from the lyrics McCormack sings.