SUNSET IN MADEIRA
Words and lyrics by Roger Coghill
(based on a traditional melody)
Don’t look for sun in London
Skyscrapers cover the skyline.
Sunshine is rare in Cardiff
Daylight is always cloudy.
But nothing could be clearer
Than sunset in Madeira.
Flowers on this beautiful island
Flourish in winter and summer.
Naturally the people
You will find always smiling
Paradise couldn’t be nearer
Than sunset in Madeira.
Chorus:
Fly right down
Three hours south
Funchal town
S’full of life.
When I am old and ailing
And my slow footsteps trailing
I’ll buy a small apartment
Following where my heart went
For there is nothing dearer
Than sunset in Madeira.