Name: Grandfather Blues
Duration: P00H06M21S
Description: Stories told by my father about his life as a child in the second world war have inspired this song.

Grandfather Blues

from River Sea Forest Family by Kate Dixon

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Stories told by my father about his life as a child in the second world war have inspired this song.

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1. She sailed across the ocean, she came back home to him
She came because he needed her, my grandmother Dorothy
The war was not yet over, torpedo fire in her ears
She came because he needed her, my grandfather Norman John

Ch. I'm crying the tears that my grandfather couldn't cry
I'm crying the tears my father couldn't cry
After all these years this grief is melting from me
Into the ocean, into the ocean

2. He needed her to care for him and then he was in her arms
For she had come back home to him, my grandmother Dorothy
But soon she died so tragically, she left before her time
And still the war loomed endlessly for my grandfather Norman John

Ch.

3. She left him alone with a family to run and a war full of duty
So how could he grieve when the world would not stop
My grandfather Norman John
How could he grieve on this sweet, sweet earth
For my grandmother Dorothy

You came back home to me, my darling Dorothy ...

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from River Sea Forest Family, released June 20, 2022
Written by Kate Dixon
Vocals, guitar, slide guitar: Kate Dixon

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Kate Dixon England, UK

Kate Dixon: musician, artist, forest school leader, Tai Chi instructor, founder of Forest Chi; Tai Chi, nature and mindfulness.

Most of Kate's musical performances are outdoors around campfires, under the stars.

Kate's music making is inspired by time spent outdoors, listening to nature.

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