Punch and Judy Man
(John Conolly)

Down the lanes of foggy chimneys
Through the little seaside towns
Strides the east wind like a dragon
Strewing leaves on ragged ground
Winter planting icicles
Along the barren shore
And the punch and Judy man
Is gone forever

(Chorus)
Mr punch and Judy man Please bring back
The Childhood Land of summer

In the meadows by the river
Where the elm and willow stand
Silver mist is creeping down
To lullaby the sleeping land
Through the bare and blackened branches
Swallows fly no more
And the Punch and Judy man is gone forever

(Chorus)
Mr punch and Judy man Please bring back
The Childhood Land of summer

Slot machines and penny arcades
Jingle jangle on the pier,
Gone the sound of laughing children,
Fading with the dying year.
Through the town he wanders
In the misty autumn haze,
And the Punch and Judy Man Is gone forever.

(Chorus)
Mr punch and Judy man Please bring back
The Childhood Land of summer

Punchinello, Punchinello,
Where have you and Judy gone?
Gone to join the swelling ranks
Of things that we look back upon.
Memory can conjure you
From dreams of summer days,
But the Punch and Judy Man Is gone for ever.

(Chorus)
Mr punch and Judy manPlease bring back
The Childhood Land of summer

(Chorus)
Mr punch and Judy man
Please bring back The Childhood Land of summer