John Edmond - Sandy

On a cool Colonial verandah
He used to sit there with his pipe
I was eight years old when he was eighty
He was the hero in my life

And the captain from the Salvation Army would say
Sandy thank you for listening to my sermon today
There's a soul I can save with the money that you gave
You're a very good soul you are Sandy

Sandy Sandy
Grey and grizzly
Told me I should never tell a lie
Answered all my whys
Sometimes dried my eyes
And told me bout his foreman in the sky

In a boarding house behind the station
They found him ailing by himself
He was fighting the devil's blackwater
But said he didn't need no help

And the captain from the Salvation Army said
Sandy you know that there will always be a bed
In our haven for you there's tobacco to chew
You're a very sick man you are Sandy

Sandy Sandy
Grey and grizzly
Told me I should never tell a lie
Answered all my whys
Sometimes dried my eyes
And told me 'bout his Foreman in the sky

There were only four at the graveside
The wake and to carry him along
There was me and the council undertaker
My father and the captain and his song

And the captain from the Salvation Army cried
Sandy I was glad I could be there when you died
The new world could do with a few more like you
You're a very good soul you are Sandy

Sandy Sandy
Grey and grizzly
Told me I should never tell a lie
Answered all my whys
Sometimes dried my eyes
And told me bout his foreman in the sky
Told me bout his foreman in the sky
Now he's gone to see his foreman in the sky

Written by:
JOHN EDMOND

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