The Old Horse Drawn Tram

The Old Horse Drawn Tram

By Paul McCann

In the old days that are gone , when the trams were all horse drawn ,

there were stories going round , about white lime on the ground ,

all along the Crumlin Road and trams packed to overload .

On the tram to Ligoneil , the poor horse let out a squeal ,
before the top of the hill .with passengers overspilled
The driver gave out a shout for everyone to get out .

A wee bit of give and take to give the old horse a break .
Once they got over the top the horse pulled up to a stop .
and everyone got back on that old tram that was horse drawn .

Electric trams came to be and horses you’d never see
pulling trams round anymore as in all those years before .

The uses of horses has gone and progress keeps marching on.