Francis Michael McGarry

Francis Michael McGarry
Born an angel January 16, 2008
Georgia

Fare you well my honey
Fare you well my only true one,
All the birds that were singing
Have flown except you alone.

Goin’ to leave this Brokedown Palace
On my hands and my knees I will roll roll roll.
Make myself a bed by the waterside,
In my time – in my time – I will roll roll roll

In a bed, in a bed
by the waterside I will lay my head.
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
to rock my soul.

River gonna take me
Sing me sweet and sleepy,
Sing me sweet and sleepy
all the way back back home.
It’s a far gone lullaby
sung many years ago,
Mama, Mama, many worlds I’ve come
since I first left home.

Goin’ home, goin’ home
by the waterside I will rest my bones,
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
to rock my soul.

Goin’ to plant a weeping willow
On the banks green edge it will grow grow grow.
Sing a lullaby beside the water
Lovers come and go – the river roll roll roll.

Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell,
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
to rock my soul.