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Colum Sands
	Year:	2003
	Album:	THE NOTE THAT LINGERS ON
	Song:	Wake song
Words & Music Colum Sands, Elm Grove Music Colum Sands: vocals, guitar, tin wistle, Ben Sands: Backing vocals Tom Sands: Banjo Berndan Monaghan: Whistle, Percussion
I was talking in my sleep about a wake I'm sorry for your trouble now says I I awoke and thought of all the things we say At the place where people come to laugh and cry. Chorus: Ah he went very sudden in the end But it's good to see him looking like himself And he never done nobody no harm Except poor craythur to himself Does anybody know what age he was? He was rightly up in years said Miss Mc Grath If he'd lived another fortnight I would say, He'd have lasted two weeks longer than my da, That would leave him round the 90 mark say I Says oul Mc Cabe that's not so oul at all For I'm coming up on 95 myself, Sure I wonder what came over him at all. Chorus Now far be it from me to be a judge But I know that I am talking among friends If you ask me what it was that done the harm He was tryin' to burn the candle at both ends. Ah I didn't like the cut of him last week Not looking like himself at all I fear Still I'm glad to see he's mended well since then Sure I haven't seen him look so good in years. Chorus Ken from Kent is feeling far from home He's sitting here not knowing what to think When someone comes and whispers in his ear The corpse's brother's wondering what you'll drink I suppose it's time that I was heading on, Make room for these ones standing in the hall, For as somebody was saying up above A little while will have to do us all. Chorus