Misc Traditional – Come My Little Son (Guitar)

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Come my little son and I will tell you what we'll do,

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Undress yourself and get into bed and a tale I'll tell to you.

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It's all about your daddy he's a man you seldom see

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For he had to roam, far away from home, away from you and me.

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Remember laddie, he's still your dad though he's working far away.

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In the cold and heat, all the hours of the week on England's motorway.

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Now when you fall and hurt yourself and get a feeling bad,

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It isn't any good to go a running for your dad.

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For the only time since you were born he's had to spend with you,

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He was out of a job, and we hadn't a bob he was signing on the brew.

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Remember laddie, he's still your dad though he's working far away.

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In the cold and heat, all the hours of the week on England's motorway.

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To buy your shoes your daddy built a length of railway track,

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He built a hydro dam to buy the clothes upon your back.

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This motor highway buys the food but the wages soon are spent,

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And though we have to live apart, it helps to pay the rent.

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Remember laddie, he's still your dad though he's working far away.

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In the cold and heat, all the hours of the week on England's motorway.

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Ah Sure we'd like your daddy here yes sure it would be fine,

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To have him working nearer home and to see him all the time.

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But beggars can't be choosers and we have to bear our load,

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For we need the money your daddy earns a-workin' on the road.

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Remember laddie, he's still your dad and he'll soon be home to stay,

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For a week or two with me and you, when he's built the motorway.