Sonny's Dream

from Labor and Love 1988 by Atwater-Donnelly

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Sonny's Dream
by Ron Hynes

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Chorus:
Sonny don't go away, I'm here all alone
Your daddy's a sailor who never comes home
Nights are so long, silence goes on
I'm feeling so tired and not all that strong

Sonny works 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...Chorus

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 by the window of his room by the stairs
He watches the waves gently wash on the pier

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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...Chorus

Sonny don't go away

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from Labor and Love 1988, released May 9, 1988
Aubrey Atwater: vocals, guitar
Elwood Donnelly: vocals, xylophone

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Atwater-Donnelly Warren, Rhode Island

Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly, present delightful programs of traditional American and Celtic folk songs, a capella pieces, old-time gospel songs, dance tunes, and original works, blending gorgeous harmonies with guitar, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, mandolin, tin whistle, harmonica, banjo, bones, spoons, limberjacks, and Appalachian clog dancing and French Canadian footwork. ... more

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