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| Posted by: Camac 02-Apr-2008, 06:58 PM |
| 02/04/08 A Tribute to the Women of my Family Once there were five One a WAAF, one a WREN, One made bullets, the other made planes One stayed at home to raise her child Whilst her Husband fought in the Desert sands He died of his wounds, In that far away land These Daughter of Scotland Carried on through the War And after, All five left Scotlands fair shore To the New World they came Far from Hearth, far from Hame To Canadas' lands, But it wasn't the same No Highlands, no Glens and far from the sea They lived out their lives Raising Families As the years hurried by they never forgot The land of their Birth and how they had fought. The WAAF at a Base, Watching Bombers return, The WREN in the code room knowing which ships went down. The one making planes saw the Spitfires fly by The one making bullets lost the sight in one eye These stories of Life. of War and of Love They passed on to us to pass on to ours Once there were FIVE but now there is ONE These Daughters of Scotland These Women we Love. |
| Posted by: Lady of Avalon 03-Apr-2008, 05:50 PM |
| Camac, You really have the heart of a poet and a man in love with his family. This is a beautiful tribute indeed of the women of your family. Thank you for sharing.LOA |
| Posted by: Camac 04-Apr-2008, 07:13 PM |
| LOA; I thank you. Also I made some small changes. Camac. |
| Posted by: fionadunbar 05-Apr-2008, 12:51 AM |
| yes canada like australia so far away from the motherland, a moving poem |
| Posted by: Camac 05-Apr-2008, 07:33 AM |
| fionadunbar: Yeah Australia is a couple stoplights further on than Canada. In 1947 if my Dad had another 20 quid we would have gone to Australia but instead he brought us to his home in Canada. Camac. |