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I Remember

from The Folk Opera by Annie Bacon

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[Aunt Sara]

I remember when Charlotte walked up those old stairs
Like a fresh young woman without any cares
But the cancer had eaten, she was almost gone
And a few weeks later, she was

I remember how Eric showed his teeth when he smiled
A redhead with eyes mischievous or beguiled
He was taken too soon, no one knows why
And the trial sent one man to jail

I remember William in our home on Arch Street
With his 26 grandchildren there at his feet
When Carol died, he said, “I’ll be the next”
And a few weeks later, he was

My mind fails me now
Won’t be long, I will join them, I will
Don’t be sad when I’m gone
The heart only has so much room for breaking

I remember when Ian died, it was night
There was a beautiful sunset, my God, what a sight
But the cancer had eaten, he was just 21
And his sister was there when he died

I remember my Hannah with her long honey hair
Smiling and sinking into her chair
But a winter night came
And the ice flipped her car
And her mother, she never recovered

I remember the gentle Benjamin DeFaunt
He was the first son of my late husband’s aunt
He loved me, I loved him
But our love could not be
And in time, he just disappeared

My mind fails me now
Won’t be long, I will join them I will
Don’t be sad when I’m gone
The heart only has so much room for breaking

I remember them all so well

[Dies]

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from The Folk Opera, released December 2, 2010
Savannah Jo Lack (Aunt Sara)
Annie Bacon (ukulele)
Joe Lewis (upright bass)

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The Folk Opera San Francisco, California

Written and composed on the ukulele during a 6-week trip on two distant continents,recorded live at The Tower Studios in SF’s Mission District, and self-released digitally and on vinyl in December 2010, Annie Bacon’s The Folk Opera is a haunting and triumphant extended musical suite written for ukulele, upright bass, fiddle, trumpet, and multiple voices. ... more

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