Daffodil Jackson

We know that you are here today,
Standing, arms entwined.
So in love and happy
Faces all unlined.
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In a village in a valley
Is the place where I was born.
Dear old Polesworth near to Tamworth
Where I greeted my first dawn.
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I had no way of knowing

That the winds of change were blowing
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With a clip round the ear
And a caustic tongue,
Our Mam taught the difference
Between right and wrong.
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Spring green
Young scene.
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Dandelions and Daisies always make me smile,
Although I know that gardeners
View them as a trial.
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I cry when I think of the lost days,

Of things that were left unsaid.
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Try, try and try again
That's how the saying goes.
And so I'll take it to my heart
And will away my woes.
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Economic mayhem is what
The world is suffering now,
The currency confusion
Causes heads of state to bow.
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It's a cold, damp February morning
In ancient Liskeard town.
And a mist clings to the old slate walls
Like a dull grey satin gown.
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The mood is overcast and grey
With hovering clouds of dark dismay,
And teardrops fall from misty eyes
Like raindrops falling from the skies.
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A blackbird watches from his perch

Up in the hawthorn tree,
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The gaiety of spring in bloom,
The greening of the trees.
The heady scent of blossom
Drifting on the breeze.
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