 The Echo Song |
| ©1996 Linda Allen The Echo Song Now I am old, oh, who will care for me? My dear old friend, you know, I will care for thee. If I should fall, oh, who will carry me? My dear old friend, you know I will carry thee. If I am hungry, who will feed me? My dear old friend, you know I will feed thee If I am cold, oh, who will warm me? My dear old friend, you know I will warm thee If I should cry, oh, who will comfort me? My dear old friend, you know I will comfort thee If I am lonely, who will sit be me? My dear old friend, you know I will sit by thee If I am silent, who will hear me? My dear old friend, you know I will hear thee If I am angry, will you leave me? My dear old friend, I'll never leave thee And when I die, oh, who will bury me? My dear old friend, you know I will bury thee And when I'm gone, oh, who will mourn me? My dear old friend, you know I will mourn thee Inspired by a field recording of two Portugese women, singing as they cut wheat --across the fields to one another. One was 72, the other 69. |