{"id":283,"date":"2011-05-13T03:11:03","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T03:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mbouchard.com\/aneleda\/?p=283"},"modified":"2013-02-16T04:20:06","modified_gmt":"2013-02-16T04:20:06","slug":"farewell-my-bonney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbouchard.com\/aneleda\/farewell-my-bonney","title":{"rendered":"Farewell My Bonney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the EK Bardic Competition, His Majesty King Gryffith II made his request of me for the final round, which was to sing a song I had written myself.\u00a0 &#8220;What kind, Your Majesty?&#8221; I asked him.\u00a0 And he chose, &#8220;Sad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So I sang this song, which I don&#8217;t sing often.\u00a0 I wrote it for my grandmother when she died, for she loved music and my singing. At the end of her life I would sit by her bed and sing through the hymnal page by page&#8230;\u00a0 So this is her song, but also the song we all can sing to those who have sailed before us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mbouchard.com\/misc\/farewell-my-bonny.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Here is the song in mp3 format.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uCRxqBcMKHQ\" height=\"349\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Farewell my bonny<br \/>\nFarewell my love<br \/>\nWhere you have gone I canna go<br \/>\nFor soon you will stand<br \/>\nOn the good Caanan land<br \/>\nWhere we\u2019ll meet<br \/>\nAfter my last tomorrow<\/p>\n<p>Oh the sea has enthralled you<br \/>\nFor all of your days<br \/>\nI ne\u2019re dared to call you my own<br \/>\nWatching your sleep<br \/>\nI would almost weep<br \/>\nKnowing someday you\u2019d be summoned home.<\/p>\n<p>For thirty long years<br \/>\nI ha&#8217; loved you so well<br \/>\nThough your flower is faded and pale<br \/>\nI know my mere hand<br \/>\nCan\u2019t keep you on the sand<br \/>\nWhen the captain says its time to sail<\/p>\n<p>I knew awaiting<br \/>\non that bonny shore<br \/>\nAre many who\u2019ve said their goodbyes<br \/>\nYou\u2019ve been called to the sea<br \/>\nBy one greater than me<br \/>\nSo I wave as the salt fills my eyes<\/p>\n<p>May the ocean\u2019s wide waters<br \/>\nFall calm before you<br \/>\nMay a fair wind blow at your command<br \/>\nAnd bless\u2019d that ship be<br \/>\nThat takes you far from me<br \/>\nWith the cargo bound for Canaan land<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the EK Bardic Competition, His Majesty King Gryffith II made his request of me for the final round, which was to sing a song I had written myself.\u00a0 &#8220;What kind, Your Majesty?&#8221; 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