Sonny Don't Go Away - Emmylou Harris, Dolores Keane, Mary Black

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 tried 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 in a 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

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 tried and not all that strong
Sonny don't go away

Category:

Music

Tags:

• folk
• country
• ireland

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Newfoundland

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I live in newfound lad

[SolomonB111]

Hauntingly beautiful. Where was the photo taken?

[broadstem]

@Dolorosaab do it matter? is Newfoundland pretty close to Greenland?

[Dolorosaable]

This Song was Written and sung By Ron Hynes of NEWFOUNDLAND,A brilliant Artist.

[selsey41]

Used to be a vid on here of Adele singing this - anyone know where it's gone???

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@1galway1 the best way

[SNOWYTHEBISHON]

i love this

[1galway1]

singing while im lushed

[tamiatami]

@piergiorgiovico thanks for sharing, Giorgio. wonderful song!!!