Her Name Is Grace
HER NAME IS GRACE
Her? name is Grace
She is tall and handsome
She draws a card and it's an ace!
"Unpack your bags, don't be a disgrace
Our little Grace!"
Born out of a wedlock, a little crazed
Not fond of embroidery or lace
No wedding bells will ever chime
For our little Grace
She wears her old coat
Over her greying dress
A charcoal bonnet
She is good for the boat!
"Unpack your bags, don't be a disgrace
Our little Grace!"
She won't unpack her bags, our Grace!
Shuts the door tight.
" A left and a left and another and another..."
She makes
She is a master navigator
Of the mazes
And mistress of no traces
amazing Grace!
And leaps on the boat tomorrow
Swift as an arrow
"Our mother Grace
She was no disgrace
When she left her motherland
She earned her living
In makeshift hotels
Scrubbing and cleaning
And later
She made her fortune
Being the hostess
Of delightful
Charm and grace
To the lonesome sailors
Our mother Grace"
Sing children of Grace
Years later
In the Newfoundland, in New Amsterdam
Yasemin Balandi
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