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Aunty
May |
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My Aunty May never married, and when Alzheimer's overtook her, she forgot
to forget.
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"I
must find
the baby, sorry Eileen Gnarled fingers
clutch clothes too old, not clean; Not
clean enough for a baby to wear.... How you used
to spoil me
Aunty May Out in your
garden picking cherry plums You
said a ros'ry
for me ev'ry day You
cared for
me as if I were your son All my school years
boarding with you
Aunty May "Wake
up, here's a cuppa for
you, John," And that
cake you
sent on my Profession
Day You
treated me
just like I was your son Now
you're an Old woman
searching
for yesterday's dream "I
must find
the baby, sorry Eileen
Gnarled fingers
clutch clothes too old,
not clean Not
clean enough
for a baby to wear.... But who
knows
what she's seen? Just
a picture......... A child's
layette.......... For
a sixty year dream. When you were just
a school girl Aunty May You had to care for all the young kids on the farm "The bull's got
loose: where's young Jack
gone to play !" And you'd hurry off to guard young Jack from harm But no one was there to guard you Aunty May When that farmer
next door treated you with ... shame and your child was born when you went up north to stay It's him you seek, your child without a name You're
just an old
woman searching for yesterday's dream "I
must find my baby, sorry Eileen" Gnarled
fingers clutch clothes too old, not clean; Not
clean enough for your baby to wear Yes
there is a baby May Who
lives in your heart Where
you hunger For
a child's embrace......... From
your sixty year son...... |
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Intro
C C4 F G
Am C Old woman
C4 searching
for F yesterday's
G dream I
C must find
the Am baby, Dm sorry Ei-G-leen C
Gnarled fingers
C4 clutch clothes
F too old,
G not clean Not
F clean enough
for a G baby to Am wear.... C How you used
to G spoil me
Aunty Am May F Out in your
garden picking cherry G plums You F
said a ros'ry
for me ev'ry C day You F
cared for
me as if I were your G son All my F school years
boarding G with you
Aunty C May F "Wake
up, here's a G cuppa for
you, John,"...C... And that F
cake you
sent on G my Profession
C Day....C/B...Am/A... You F
treated me
just like I was your G son Now
you're an C Old woman
C4 searching
for F yesterday's
G dream I
C must find
the Am baby, Dm sorry Ei-G-leen C
Gnarled fingers
C4 clutch clothes
F too old,
G not clean Not
F clean enough
for a G baby to Am wear.... F "There's
no baby May !" G But
C/C who
knows C/B
what she's
Am/A seen? Just
a F picture..........
Fm ..... A Dm child's
layette.......... G
..... For
a sixty year Am dream When you were just a school girl Aunty
May You had to care for all the young kids on the farm "The F bull's got
loose: where's G young Jack
gone to C play !" And you'd hurry off to guard young Jack from harm But there was no one there to guard you Aunty May When that farmer next door treated you with ... shame (whispered) and your child was born when you went up north to stay It's him you seek, your child without a name You're
just an old
woman searching for yesterday's dream I
must find my baby, sorry Eileen Gnarled
fingers clutch clothes too old, not clean Not
clean enough for your baby to wear Yes
there is a baby May Who
lives in your heart Where
you hunger For
a child's embrace From
your sixty year son...... |
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Published on the internet 1st September 2008