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Don​’​t Think You Are Forgotten

from Joyful Banner Blazing by Maria Dunn

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On the 100th anniversary of WWI’s Battle of Vimy Ridge (April 9-12, 1917), The Globe and Mail newspaper published an excerpt from a letter that Martha Lockyer of Picton, Ontario wrote to her son Chris (who died at 19 years old in the Battle of Hill 70 on August 17, 1917): “Don’t any of you think you are forgotten for a moment, oh no, never do I put a cup to my mouth or a morsel of food to my lips unless I think of you and often I go with much less food in order that I may not forget the sacrifice you dear ones are making for us…”

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8. Don’t Think You Are Forgotten
© Maria Dunn, 2017

Don’t think you are forgotten for a moment
Though you wonder if you’ll ever make it home
You are here, dear
In my heart, dear
Know that you have never been alone

Not a morsel to my lips, not a drop to my mouth
Not a sunrise or a sunset’s colours pass
I don’t see you
Feel you
As keenly as I feel this emptiness

I don’t care if you return to me exhausted
Wounded or penniless, in debt
Let me hold you ‘til the awful spell is broken
Let me hold you ‘til all our tears are wept

Even the lowliest soldier goes on leave
Even the mightiest boxer heeds the bell
Catch your breath now
Come on home now
Here you are loved just as yourself

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from Joyful Banner Blazing, released January 29, 2021
© Maria Dunn, 2017

Maria Dunn vocal, acoustic guitar
Solon McDade upright bass
Campbell Wallace bagpipes

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Maria Dunn Edmonton, Alberta

2022 Juno Winner for Joyful Banner Blazing! A true preserver of the spirit of folk music, 3x Juno-nominated Maria Dunn is often compared to Woody Guthrie for her keen social awareness & unvarnished melodic songs about ordinary people. On 2016 Gathering & 2021 Joyful Banner Blazing, she celebrates the love of family, community, humanity that fires our actions to make the world a better place. ... more

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