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Thread #5550   Message #1399629
Posted By: Pogo
04-Feb-05 - 09:55 PM
Thread Name: 'Mother Songs' of the tear-jerker variety
Subject: RE: 'Mother Songs' of the tear-jerker variety
oh there's a good one...It's Sonny something (sonny boy?) and I recall that in the lyrics there's mention of a father who's gone off to be a sailor and never returned.

" Sonny don't go away/I'm here all alone/Your daddy's a sailor/never comes home " ahhh something something " I'm feeling so tired/and I'm not all that strong " Then there's something about " Sonny worked on the land/though he's barely a man " Somebody's got to know that song. I heard a beautiful version of it by a band called Steve Carroll and the Bograts. It's a real tear jerker momma song and probably ought to be added to the list

[See SONNY'S DREAM by Ron Hynes.]