GRAFTON, John Sheard

In Memoriam

John Sheard Grafton

"A favourite of us both"

all my love Thelma ( 68 years )

"O Danny Boy"

O Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling

From glen to glen and down the mountainside.

The summer's gone and all the roses falling,

It's you, it's you must go and I must bide

And come ye back when summer's in the meadow,

Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow,

It's I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow,

O Danny Boy, O Danny Boy, I love you so.

But when ye come, and all the flowers are dying,

If I am dead, as dead I may well be,

You'll come and find the place where I am lying,

And kneel and say an "Ave" there for me.

And I shall hear, though soft your tread may be above me,

And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be,

For you will bend and tell me that you love me,

And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me.