This time last year I rerecorded one of the first songs I shared on the forum- thought I`d post the new version before another October passes...and before I catch up on the songs I`ve been missing in busyness lately.
I`ll get there - don`t deduct my karma points just yet!
Track info is buried somewhere...hate it when Biab updates and tells me "style not found" frown

October Vow


October Vow

V1
when the lights of the last fishing boat
go winking out o`er the sea
and the eyelids of my children
are saying "yes" and "no" to sleep

when the trees on the hills are all bundled up
in their capes of calico
the golden harvest moonrise
looks down into my soul

C
with a curse, a whistle and a bow
I make an October vow

V2
all through these days they thresh the grain
`til the windy blades are still
I stand before my children then
an oak bidding swallows farewell

for down in the dark,dark cellar
with the apples and plums so red
all the days of my youth lie
asleep in their blankety bed

C
with a curse,a whistle and a bow
I make an October vow

V3
my life I`ll live beholden
to autumn`s unbending law
like the green leaves of the Rowan
I`ll darken and deepen and fall

C
with a curse,a whistle and a bow
I make an October vow
forgive as the worm forgives the plough
when I make an October vow

© Robert Cordrey Aug.1996