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Sicilian Born (Live) - Graeme Connors

He was Sicilian born a fisherman's son

Came over in '23

Worked like a dog for a couple of years

Then sent for his family

Well he worked on the docks and he worked on the railways

He worked 'til his back was gone

Bought a semi detached in Erskineville

Moved in and paved the lawn

His three boys grew and married

Young blonde and blue eyed girls

And soon enough there were grandkids coming

To look in on his world

And they were fair and blue eyed too

And to him they all looked the same

If Sicilian blood flowed through their lives

You'd only know it by their last name

And he never talked in his native tongue

And he never talked about going home

And he told me once the reason why

He said home's not where you're born

Home is where a man's prepared to die

He outlived his wife Maria she died in '82

And for a long time after he was lost for what to do

He'd sit alone at the window and doze the days away

So I didn't see him much anymore unless he happened to wave

Still he never talked in his native tongue

And he never talked about going home

And he told me once the reason why

He said home's not where you're born

Home is where a man's prepared to die

Well I went up north on a two week spell about a month ago

And to my surprise when I came home I found his place had sold

I called the other neighbours to find out where he's gone

They say he packed up and just went back to wherever he came from

And he never talked in his native tongue

And he never talked about going home

And he told me once the reason why

He said home's not where you're born

Home's not where you're born

Home is where a man's prepared to die

And he never talked in his native tongue

And he never talked about going home

And he told me once the reason why

He said home's not where you're born

Home is where a man's prepared to die