Here's the words to "Davey' Dreams" a beautiful song about the Aberfan disaster, written by Greg Hastings. DAVEY'S DREAMS 'Twas a cold October morning The air is was so clear The children playing in the street Were free from care and fear "Davey hurry on boy, Or again you will be late" As the wind brought sounds of ringing bells From Pantglas' stone gate He hurried through the schoolyard Through chattering voice and screams Wondering what today would bring And of tomorrows dreams His school work had just started When that black hill broke away And with a roar a deathly roar Brought to an end that day. For his dreams, they have gone His dreams, they have gone away It rumbled down the hillside The school lay in its path They may have heard it coming Tut were powerless to move It cut its way through tree and fern Covering the grass Until it met the walls Of little Pantglas The sturdy school walls crumbled, They had no time to run Davey's dreams were ended That day in Aberfan There did not seem a reason or time to qwuestion why Fate had destined Davey To bid his dreams goodbye For his dreams, they have gone His dreams, they have gone away 'Twas a cold October morning The air was so still But for the sound of shovels Upon that blackened hill A weeping mother with bleeding hands Clawed at that coal so black A million tears and all her prayers won't bring her wee son back To take one so young Oh God To take him now from me A scar will be left here For all eternity I stood there on that morning And my tears flowed free For little Davey's mother And the dreams he would not see For his dreams, they have gone His dreams, they have gone away. Cheers Bugsy From the 1985 album WINDSTORM SP001 Greg & Val Hastings (C) Sweetpea Musical Promotions
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