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KEEP YOURSELF WARM

Dad took me to school on his bike
Put a cushion on the bar for my seat
And sometimes, when he felt like
We'd spin off to the Old Mill for a treat.
Sitting by the wheel and waterfall
He'd nudge and point to where we saw
Two big beautiful swans
We watched in awe.

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He said 'Keep yourself warm keep yourself warm
I'll show you the world My little girl
He said 'Keep yourself warm keep yourself warm
Mind yourself dear I won't always be here

Dad used to put me on his knee
Teach me sums on the buttons I could see
I'd learn numbers on his waistcoat
As easy as one, two, three
At school when sitting in my class
Teacher came and looked at all my work
The first one with all my sums done
All because of my Dad's buttons.

He said 'Keep yourself warm keep yourself warm
I'll show you the world My little girl
He said 'Keep yourself warm keep yourself warm
Mind yourself dear I won't always be here

I was in this play when I was young
Where all the children had to run
Across the stage from left to right
My family came to see me on the night.
And when the scene was over and done
A little note was passed into my hands
I unfolded the paper carefully
This is what my dad had wrote to me

He said 'Keep yourself warm keep yourself warm
I'll show you the world My little girl
He said 'Keep yourself warm keep yourself warm
Mind yourself dear I won't always be here

Dad always missed me when I was gone
Dropped tears at my departure from home
I got his letters in the post
I loved reading them the most.
A novitiate overseas, working on my expertise
Mistress of novices came to me one day
She asked 'who was this man called Pop'?
I said my dad who I love a lot!

He wrote 'Keep yourself warm keep yourself warm
I'll show you the world My little girl
He wrote 'Keep yourself warm keep yourself warm
Mind yourself dear I won't always be here
He said 'Keep yourself warm keep yourself warm
I'll show you the world My little girl
He said 'Keep yourself warm keep yourself warm
Mind yourself dear I won't always be here

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from Compassion - The Life and Work of Sister Mary Carmel, released February 26, 2022
Written by Siân Brown

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Phoenix Creative Psychotherapy Centre

Phoenix Creative Arts Psychotherapy Centre (PCPC) is a not for profit community-based registered charity (RCN 20108458 CHY 21691) founded by Mary Carmel O Donoghue, Austin Creaven, Toni Brown and Hugh Mc Mahon in 2015.
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PCPC has its administrative office in Tait House Enterprise Centre, Limerick but our therapists also work in several different locations around the city.

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