Gary Miller Songs

I am just a poor old woman

Of impotent means

Left all alone in this harsh world

But now I have relief

From the pain and misery

Each day I praise my benefactor

For his gift of charity

Along with eleven other lost souls

With whom I share this sanctuary

We are comfort, we are free

I no longer fear the rain and thunder

I no longer hear the screams

I no longer hide in shadows

Now I dream

I now have a hot meals in my belly

And a warm and cozy bed

But most of all I now feel safe at last

With a roof over my head

I no longer shake with dread

I now see rainbows

And the sun up in the sky

I can almost touch the silver moonbeams

And catch the wind as it sails by

I no longer fear the rain and thunder

I no longer hear the screams

I no longer hide in shadows

Now I dream

(Gary Miller)

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Helen Temperley's first illustration from the project 'The Butcher Baronet'.

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 from this project include 'The Butcher Baronet', 'Cloak and Hood' and 'John's Jacobus (Inscription)'.