A song for my Mother Frances Anne Stephenson
There are Father's sons, there are Mother's sons, Im a Mother's son x
lyrics
Mother’s son
When I’m talking to you Ma
I see your golden home
And I feel so proud and tall ya know
Just to be a Mothers son
I don’t need no warrior in me
To get my message done
I am blessed to know the truth my love
And to be, a Mother’s son
Well I’ve been up here so long now
I call this exile home
Though the journey has been dark at times
Least I’ve seen my children grown
When the sun beats down so loathfully
Still I never feel alone
For I can stand here tall and proud and say
I am, my Mother’s son
The open Ross-shire skies they cry
Then skim a rosy dawn
And the tender lark she flies so high
Soon to be in bond
Just like your sweet medicine Ma
I feel you call me home
For you have been the sail throughout my life
And I am proud, to be a Mother’s son
For Frances Anne Stephenson
24th October 1933/ March 2003
credits
from Chi Chi & the Jaguar,
released September 3, 2019
Kate Stephenson: Drumming
John Steel: Lead Guitar
Chris Mordey: Bass Guitar
Martin Stephenson: Rhythm Guitar, Lead Vocal & Tambourine
Davy Cowan: Backing Vocals
Recorded: Colin Mee's Skip Studios, Darlington
Mixed and Mastered: Barbaraville Studios, Invergordon, Scottish Highlands
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