Thistledown Blown
...David performs his poem with a musical setting...
Thistledown Blown - words and music David Philip Ireland
...this video was the first time I ever sang the song - a little slice of someone's life...
You can’t fence that in
Her spirit bright and shining
You can’t build a wall around her
She’ll break out
Thistledown blown
They made them wait for far too long
Until she was fully grown
He was just a farmer’s joss
And she was thistledown blown
Thistledown blown
Two winter bairns she bore him
Two lives that grew inside
But the angels came and took her
Before the spring could rise
Thistledown blown
The winter ‘flu after the war
Harvested the some
And she faded like a flower
With all the meaning gone
From his world
Thistledown blown
They made them wait for far too long
Until she was fully grown
He was just a farmer’s joss
And she was thistledown blown
Thistledown blown
Now, when the four winds blow
Across the plains of home
He still hears her gentle cry
And he cries all alone
Thistledown blown
About the Creator
David Philip Ireland
David Philip Ireland was born in Cheltenham in 1949
David has published work in music, novels and poetry.
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