We are blessed

To have the best

That youth invests

In Folk’s future

Here

This is a very special session

We get to get a glimpse

Of the past’s future

We will be able to say,

(In our dotage)

“We were there”

We saw

Such and Such

Well only half of that act

Always a pleasure to see

Thank you very much

For Emily

Without (Tonight)

Her ‘Counterpoint’

The Tooralooralooraladdie

He’s glad to sit back

And listen to the beauty

That is this lassie

Mind you

He said she’d never make a Navvie

She’ll turn up sooner or later

For such a bad navigator

 

Bless us with

Woven worldly words

Beautify us with

Sweet sweet sound

Take us here there

And all around

Before

And after

Love and laughter,

So profound

And remember

How we are blessed

To have the future happen

In this town

Blessed

 

Double blessed

That this exceptional visitor

Is already a regular among us

Welcome

Our very own

Emily Saunders

 

 

 

Emily Saunders: A revue poem written during her performance for Young Performers Night at the Black Swan Folk Club by Adrian Spendlow

 

Farmers, Fathers

Travellers, Colliers,

Turn an air

Real us in

Really there

Timelessly

Renewingly

Refreshingly

Honestly

Taking us

Through

Valleys of

Golden Tomorrows

Entrance us:

Emily Saunders