I am just a poor old woman

A widow of impotent means

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

With eleven other lost souls

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'm now 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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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!'

'Hold on'

'John's Jacobus (Inscription)'

'Merrily Danced The Butcher's Wife'

'My Butcher Boy'

'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'