did i ever tell you

Did I ever  

Did I ever tell you 

Did I ever tell you about the time we went to Ireland?

After Turkey

Where Elizabeth walked over the aqueduct and I've been scared of what she might do ever since

Where Hart kept saying "I hope they have kebobs" and it still makes me laugh

Where we played Up and Down the River every night

Except you had to talk with an Irish accent

And Elizabeth bought hats

And she said whoever had the best score at the end would decide which hat the person with the worst score had to wear on the plane home. And she had to wear the hat. And the tourists in the airport said, "now there are some people who love Ireland".

Did I ever tell you how we stayed in a castle and drank Guinness and ate cheese and smoked salmon and Len had his wallet stolen so I had to drive and we tried to find traditional music but all we found were Americans drinking Corona and everything was so green. 

Did I tell you about the green 

Dingle and Doolin and the Cliffs of Moher 

Sheep and rocks and flowers and the grey grey coast

My parents were still alive and they gave me money and I bought two sweaters and there was a plastic bag ban and the sweaters were wrapped in paper that disintegrated in the rain

The rain

Did I tell you about the rain 

In Kilkenny we watched Mama Mia in the theatre where all the Irish ladies were singing and I cried. 

Did I?

Did I ever 

Did I ever tell you about the time we went to Ireland?