Songs:Wilderness Letters (3640)
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Wilderness Letters by Mike Campbell 1996 She was only sixteen when he asked her to marry in fair Dublin city in May. Then at eighteen, with two little sons in their arms they sailed off to Americay, And they traveled across this wonderful land to a place on a far distant sea, In Seattle town, where the rumor went round, there was gold in a far north country. So with too little gear and a kiss and a tear, he sailed off in search of his gold. And he wrote them from Skagway, from Chilcoot, from Dawson in letters his travels were told. She would read them each night to her two little boys, sweet Patrick and handsome young John, Come and sit down beside me and listen, she'd say, and I'll read where your father has gone. And he wrote of a wilderness covered with snow, And of rivers and mountains so grand, And he told them of the gold fields and of all the times, That great wealth had just slipped through his hands. After nearly three years she got a small package, "Dear Madame", the letter began, My name is O'Brien, I'm writing to tell you of the death of your dear husband Dan. He was working my claim running sluice by the river when the chute we were using fell down, He was trapped underneath by the beams and the braces, before we could save him he drowned. Many years have gone by, her son John now is married, and moved off to far Baltimore, Ah but Patrick, her eldest, lies buried in Belgium where he died near the end of the war, Sometimes in the evening, she'll sit on her front porch and remember those times long ago, Then she'll open the box that contains all his letters and carefully untie the bow, And she reads of his wilderness, covered with snow, And his rivers and mountains so grand, And she puts on her smile and remembers the times, When their dreams were still fresh in their hands.
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