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Nanci Griffith( Nanci Caroline Griffith )
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The Road to Aberdeen
I thought I saw my mother's Eyes On the road to Aberdeen, And they did shine above a stranger's smile, They were the colour of the sea. And one day I'll take my mother there to see what I have seen, The eyes of her great-grandmother, On the road to Aberdeen.
Now I thought I heard my grandfather's voice, Along the coast of Wales, Singing sweet afternoon in Cardiff park With the wind that gusts the gales. And one day I'll tke my father there To sing the harmony, And he'll sing high across the waters, In his grandfather's voice he'll sing.
Old land you are holy, To the children 'cross the sea, It's old land, may the sea understand, We are all one family.
In a flower shop in Amsterdam Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com I saw Grandmother's hands. They were the fragile grace of porcelain With small gold wedding band. And the tulip that I purchased there Is pressed upon a page, In a book of psalms Grandmother saved From her grandmother's Holland days.
Now my sister has Gradmother's hands And a skin of ivory, And my brother has my mother's eyes, They're the colour of the sea. And me, I got my father'svoice (and his legs), To the coast of Wales I seek, An I do cherish these remembrances On the road to Aberdeen.
It's old land and it's holy, To the children 'cross the sea, It's old land, may the sea understand we are all one family.
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