Sonnys Dream

Sonny, don't go away, I'm here all alone, Your daddy's a sailor, Never comes home. Nights are so long, Silence goes on,I'm feelin' so tired and not all that strong.'

Sonny lives on a farm in a wide open space, Take off your shoes, Son, stay out of the race, Lay down your head by the soft river bed. Sonny always remembers the words his mammy said.

Sonny works on the land though he's barely a man there's not much to do, He just does what he can. He sits at the window of his room by the stairs; He watches the waves Gently wash on the pier.

Many years have passed on, Sonny's old and alone, His daddy the sailor never came home. Sometimes he wonders what his life might have been but from the grave mammy still haunts his dreams.

Song written by Canadian Ron Hynes