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The Fire of Our Ancestors - home version Lyrics by John Lucas

Oh Child of Wonder and Delight

2023

[Verse 1]
\nMy name's on a gravestone in Tiffin
\nJohn died Halloween of '64
\nHis wife was named June, same as my daughter
\nWho's learning to crawl on the floor
\n
\n[Verse 2]
\nJohnny's June died on my birthday
\nFive years before mine came
\nJune found love after John died
\nI hope it was sweet as summer rain
\n
\n[Verse 3]
\nBoth of June's loves fought in the Great War
\nWhen they were both younger than me
\nI've seen a man die by a bullet
\nAnd I hope it's something that I never see
\n
\n[Verse 4]
\nJohn's nеphew was my grandpa, Tom
\nWhose married south thеre in Hope Mills
\nI remembered the whistle of his last days
\nWhen we brought my June up to the hills
\n
\n[Verse 5]
\nMarlene and Tom were Tiffin's sweethearts
\nBut in '56 the army pulled Tom's name
\nHe sent his darling a ring in the mail
\nAnd at 21 she boarded the plane
\n
\n[Verse 6]
\nMarlene and Tom spoke their vows in Paris
\nWhose streets I've walked with my own bride
\nTom loved Marlene for 58 years
\nUntil he breathed his last and he died
\n
\n[Verse 7]
\nMy grandma still lives in the White House on Main Street
\nThe home that held heaven when I was little
\nLove lives forever but we don't
\nOur bodies are weak and our bones are brittle
\n
\n[Chorus]
\nWhat will we do with this life so precious?
\nWhen my June was born she was just two pounds
\nBut we carry the fire of our ancestors
\nAnd we bring their should up from the ground\n\n
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John Lucas

John Lucas

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