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NEW
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Aunty
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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