Hold me John

For my heart is bleeding

Hold me John

If there was one thing in life

I was needing

I have watched children sliding

Down cobblestones wet

And it filled me with longing

And tears of regret

We were not blessed

But our lives are set

So hold me John

Hold me Ann

For I feel your deep pain

Hold me Ann

And support this cold chain

I'd gladly give it all away

My silver and my gold

My property and status

Could all be sold

If it would gift us an heir

To have and hold

So hold me Ann

We'll hold on

To all of our love

We'll hold on

When the mourning dove 

Stakes its claim

On what we’ve never known

For we still have each other

And our love has grown

Through years of victory

With each seed sown

We've held on

So hold me Ann

Hold me John

Hold on

Hold on

(Gary Miller)

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This song was commissioned and specially-written for the upcoming project 'The Butcher Baronet', in collaboration with Lone Pine Pictures, about the 17th Century Durham City historical figure John Duck.

Other songs and tunes from this project include : -

'The Beer Token'

'Behind the Wall'

'The Butcher Baronet'

'Ca' Hawkie'

'Cast Out'

'City of Dreams'

'Cloak and Hood'

'Duck's Overture'

'Dunholm'

'Elementary (Turn Turn Again)'

'Flesh and Bone'

'Fortune Weaver'

'Go Away!'

'Golden Journey: Through Air / Over Water / To Earth / On Fire'

'Here's to You, John Duck!'

'John's Jacobus (Inscription)'

'Merrily Danced The Butcher's Wife'

'My Butcher Boy'

'Now I Dream'

'Old Duck's Main'

'Old Duck's Rant'

'Rolling on (A Hymn for John and Ann)'

'Shiny Thing'

'Top of the Hill'

'We Don't Talk About Him 'Round Here'