Here it is...a beautiful song and one of my favorites.

ASHES ON THE SEA ? Bruce Phillips
A song in remembrance of Woody Guthrie. He was cremated and his ashes scattered on the sea off Coney Island. Tune similar to Lorena (recorded by Rosalie Sorrels "Miscellaneous Abstract Record No. 1")

What is this song I hear repeating
Sprung from the careless seeds you've sown
Our songs will come and go like seasons
To bloom and fade all on their own.

And now I know I cannot find you
You're gone from all but memories
And I am told that one who loves you
Has strewed your ashes on the sea

I stepped outside for just a moment
To turn and look on my own face
What is that shadow just behind me
Why it's the old one I reach out to embrace

It's one thing to look upon a picture
It's another thing to read the pages through
Or perhaps to linger by the wayside
Hoping I might find a trace of you

Your dust clouds still blow across your footprints
Your best friend still stands there all alone
Your box cars still keep the lovers parted
Your little boys still run away from home

Cheers, S. in Seattle