My Old Man and Me

©2022 Damien Byrne / 5050songs Inc
Release Date: 10/4/2022
Produced by Demo My Song®

Lyrics

When I was a young boy
Daddy said to me
Fishing life is in your blood
Grandpa gave to me

Wake up early morning
Head before the dawn
Mammas words as we sail
Donʼt be gone too long

For it’s there that am happy
Where I want to be
Sailing cross the ocean blue
My old man and me

We know where were going
Sea gulls passing by
Sailing west and hauling nets
Beneath an Irish sky

Songs he would sing to me
Stories he did tell
Fishing off the Irish coast
In wild Atlantic swell

And he sends the sailors message up to the big man in the sky
Looking down and taking care of sailors passing by
And it’s now that I know you
A man of tempered steel
Faithful to the lord above
Steady at the wheel

And it’s there that Iʼm happy
Where I want to be
Sailing cross the ocean blue
My old man and me

Since the day you left us
A tear drop in my eye
Youʼre up above with grandpa
Sailing cross the sky

I hope that you are happy
I miss you every morn
When mamma calls I tell her
I wont be gone too long

For its there that Iʼm happy
Where I want to be
Sailing cross the ocean blue
My old man and me

Now each and every summer
We head before the dawn
Sailing west and hauling nets
With my only son

For it’s there that I’m happy
Where I want to be
Sailing cross the ocean blue
My only son and me

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