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Thread #152199   Message #3570048
Posted By: Joe Offer
25-Oct-13 - 02:38 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Faith Petric (1915-25 Oct 2013)
Subject: RE: Obit; Faith Petric (1915-25 Oct 2013)
My favorite Faith Petric song is "It's a Pleasure to Know You." It was, indeed, a pleasure to know you, Faith. May you rest in peace.
-Joe Offer-

IT'S A PLEASURE TO KNOW YOU
(Karl Williams)

It's a pleasure to know you
And the comfort you bring...

I came to your city after I left my home
And I was a stranger dressed up in stranger's clothes
Favors I needed but charity's out of style
And rare as the beauty in the face of a trusting child

Chorus: And it's a pleasure to know you
A pleasure to see you smile
A comfort to know
We'll share the road awhile
Pleasure is fleeting
Comforts are far between
It's a pleasure to know you
And the comfort you bring

They say life's a journey a highway from birth to death
Mapped in despair and traveled in hopelessness
Well they may believe it but just between you and me
The trick to the traveling is all in the company

Chorus

Lovers may leave you lovers may turn away
And children may scorn you you know they will someday
The seasons are fickle and fate is not known as kind
But friendship's a diamond and trouble's the diamond mine

Chorus


Obituary from Sing Out!: http://singout.org/2013/10/25/faith-petric-passes-98/

Faith Petric Concert from the 2012 SF Free Folk Festival - this is terrific:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z939fIGq5B8