Danny Come Home (A Town Near Montreal)

<br>( Molly-Ann Leikin / Annette Tucker / Arthur Hamilton )<br><br>1-<br>On a sunday morning<br>In a town near Montreal<br>A baby in a basket<br>Cried outside the convent wall <br>He had the eyes of the widow Johnson<br>And the station master`s chin<br>And Sister St-Theresa heard him crying<br>And she took my baby in<br><br>2-<br>When the shame inside me died<br>Then the mother in me cried<br>And I go by the playground where I thought he` d be<br>I` d smile at every little boy, so I could see<br>If one of them was smiling back at me<br><br>3-<br>Danny come home,your mama` s heart is broken<br>Danny come home, you` ve been away so long<br>Don` t you know your mama keeps on hoping<br>That someday you` ll find out where you belong<br>Danny come home<br><br>4-<br>On a rainy morning<br>In a town near Montreal<br>A lonely boy of seven<br>Climbed outside the convent wall<br>The station master helped him<br>Sneak aboard the ten-o-four and he was gone<br>And no one`s ever heard a word<br>Or even seen the boy from that day on<br>5-<br>And I still cried myself to sleep<br>About the child I couldn` t keep<br>And I always pray that life is good to him<br>It` s a story that will never have an end<br>`cause what we gave away is never ours again<br><br>Repeat 3 twice