Blessed Am I To Be Your Son

BLESSED AM I TO BE YOUR SON







(A DEDICATION TO MY MOTHER ON MY SIXTIETH BIRTHDAY)





THANK YOU DEAR LORD FOR MY MOTHER AND BELOVED FATHER LATE
TODAY AT SIXTY I COULD CELEBRATE,
MAY GOD GRANT YOU GOOD HEALTH MA,FOR MANY YEARS TO COME,


BLESSED AM I TO BE YOUR SON.

FOND MEMORIES I HAVE OF MY EARLY DAYS IN CLAIRWOOD,
I GREW UP WITH YOUR UNDYING LOVE SINCE CHILDHOOD,
WITH LITTLE INCOME OUR HOME YOU HAD RUN,
BLESSED AM I TO BE YOUR SON.

WITH EIGHT CHILDREN, MISCHIEF AND LOAD,
YOUR DISCIPLINE HELPED US TODAY BE PROUD,
YOU STARTED YOUR DAY BEFORE THE RISE OF THE SUN,
BLESSED AM I TO BE YOUR SON.

YOUR SPECIAL ROTIES TO SCHOOL I TOOK,
ON A COAL STOVE OUR FOOD YOU WOULD COOK,
I ENJOYED YOUR COOKING AND STILL YEARN FOR SOME,
BLESSED AM I TO BE YOUR SON.

UNEMPLOYED I WAS ,WITH NO HOPE IN SIGHT,
IN THOSE DAY'S OF DARKNESS, YOU WERE MY LIGHT,
YOU GAVE ME FUNDS WHEN I HAD NONE,
BLESSED AM I TO BE YOUR SON.




THE PATH YOU TAUGHT US WAS THE DIVINE LIFE
FAMILY PRAYERS WAS HELD EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT,
CYMBALS APPA PLAYED WHILST THE BAJANS WERE SUNG,
BLESSED AM I TO BE YOUR SON.

YOU RESTED NOT TILL YOU SAW MY WIFE TO BE,
MY WEDDING YOU DID JOYFULLY OVER SEE,
THANK YOU MA FOR ALL THAT YOU’VE DONE,
BLESSED AM I TO BE YOUR SON.

HAPPINESS IS WHEN YOU ARE WITH US ALL,
JOYFULL MEMORIES ARE MADE FOR US TO RECALL,
YOUR LOVING PRESENCE ADDS SO MUCH FUN,
BLESSED AM I TO BE YOUR SON.

THANK YOU AGAIN LORD FOR MA AND MY BELOVED FATHER LATE,
TODAY AT SIXTY I COULD CELEBRATE,
I SALUTE YOU MA FOR BRINGING ME IN TO THIS WORLD ON 05/08/1951,
BLESSED AM I TO BE YOUR SON.