DUNBLANE

To all the children of Dunblane

I did not wish for you to die,

To fill the world with sadness

Or make your mothers cry.

I did not wish for tiny flowers

To wither in the rain

Or fall to such an evil

That caused your mothers pain.

I only wished for sunshine

On each and every day,

For you to grow and blossom

And with your mothers play.

I wished for you a future

Filled with happiness and love,

But now until eternity

You’ll be with God above.

He’ll hold you in his gentle arms,

Sweet angels ever nigh

And only time will stem the flow

Of tears your mothers cry.

And I wish I had the answer

To this question I impart,

Why did you ever have to die

And break your mother’s hearts ?

And I wish that when my time is o’er

From God’s garden up above

Sixteen tiny flowers I’ll send

To your mothers with my love.