Richard Linda Thompson Smiffy's Glass Eye
Smiffy was a little boy, different from the rest He had one eye pointing east and one pointing west Ever since tiny Maffy hit him with a sling Smiffy with his glass eye glittering Playing in the schoolyard, how the kids would marvel When Smiffy popped his glass eye out and used it for a marble He was such a character the kids would sing "Smiffy with his glass eye glittering" Walking down the street when two big lads come And tripped up Smiffy and his eye fell out They used it as a conker on a piece of string Smiffy with his glass eye glittering The girls all laughed when Smiffy passed them by They called him 'Cyclops', he only had one eye He never had a girlfriend or that sort of thing Smiffy with his glass eye glittering "Look, there's Smiffy coming in the infirmary He's got a glass eye, ye ken?" "No, I can't do it!" "Where'd you find it?" "Oh, it just came out in the conversation" Smiffy used to dream of the judgment day When the flood came and carried all his schoolfriends away He was lifted up to heaven on an angel's wing Smiffy with his glass eye glittering Nobody cried when his world fell apart Poor Smiffy died of a broken heart You have to turn a blind eye to that sort of thing Smiffy with his glass eye glittering
