Mary Black, Emmylou Harris and Dolores Keane - Sonny, 1991



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 feeling so tired and not all that strong.


Sonny lives on a farm, in a wide-open space

Take off your shoes, stay out of the race

Lay down your head, on a soft riverbed

Sonny always remembers the words Mamma says.


Sonny works on the land, though he's barely a man

There's not much to do but he does what he can

Sits by his window in his room by the stairs

Watching the waves drifting soft on the pier.


Many years have rolled 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 Mamma still haunts his dreams.


      Thank you for the joy your music has brought me, Dolores Keane. You got me through some hard times. May your memory be for a blessing.


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