The minstrel of the dawn is here

[Swede]

The minstrel of the dawn is here
To make you laugh and bend your ear
Up the steps you’ll hear him climb
All full of thoughts, all full of rhymes
Listen to the pictures flow
Across the room into your mind they go
Listen to the strings
They jangle and dangle
While the old guitar rings
The minstrel of the dawn is he
Not too wise but oh so free
He’ll talk of life out on the street
He’ll play it sad and say it sweet
Look into his shining face
Of lonelines you’ll always find a trace
Just like me and you
He’s tryin’ to get into things
More happy than blue

A minstrel of the changin’ tide
He’ll ask for nothing but his pride
Just sit him down upon that chair
Go fetch some wine and set it there
Listen to the pictures flow
Across the room into your mind they go
Listen to the strings
They jangle and dangle
While the old guitar rings

A minstrel of the dawn is near
Just like a step ’n fetchit here
He’s like an old time troubador
Just wanting life and nothing more
Look into his shining eyes
And if you see a ghost don’t be surprised
Like me and you
He’s tryin’ to get into things
More happy than blue

The minstrel boy will understand
He holds a promise in his hand
He talks of better days ahead
And by his words your fortune’s read
Listen to the pictures flow
Across the room into your mind they go
Listen to the strings
They jangle and dangle
While the old guitar rings

The minstrel of the dawn is gone
I hope he’ll call before too long
And if you meet him you must be
The victim of his minstrelsy
He’ll sing for you a song
The minstrel of the dawn

[lizziegrace]

1. Ahhh, Gordon Lightfoot

Song for a Winter's Night is one of my favorites.

:)

[jrandom421]

2. Good, but still not in the league of Mother of a Miner's Child

For all those who go underground to mine coal, where ever in the world it might be

She is my flower
And she blooms for the one who loves her best
The miners stop to watch her when she walks
They know her love is not for sale
She will never fail me 'cause I know
I watched her grow
And the mother of a miner's child
Waits for me beside the kitchen door

She is my light
In this place where the darkness never ends
She'll guide me where the tunnels twist and bend
She's the only one who listens
When I tell her I got less than I can spend
She knows the pace
Oh mother of a miner's child
Wash away the coal dust from my face

When the night shift's done
She'll be waiting at the table when I come
Searching for another dream to chase
Oh mother of a miner's child
I know that you still think about the day
When we'll be moving on
Remember dear old daddy
And the promise that I made to carry on

Sometime I smile
In the cage where the cables softly hum
I'd curse that old straw boss to the bone
But the mother of a miner's child
Is waiting for her paycheck to come home
Come Saturday
And he is just a miner's boy
I hope that he can find a better way

She is my flower
And she blooms for the one who loves her best
The miners stop to watch her when she walks
They know her love is not for sale
She will never fail me 'cause I know
I watched her grow
And the mother of a miner's child
Waits for me beside the kitchen door

[saltpoint]

3. Hey swede -- this is a nice present you've offered us tonight.

And a long-time personal favorite, too. 1971?

Thank you.