{"sf1_id":1811792,"sf2_id":"B1QKZvmj","title":"Shen's Song","author":"Rob MacWolf","words":490,"posted_at":"2022-01-24T03:31:00.000Z","tags":["Ferret","Folk Song","Poetry","lyric"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1811792-shen-s-song","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/B1QKZvmj","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/20/2c/202cbf25-ab6c-4135-833a-8490898d92b2","description":"#48 of poetry\n\nFor the character this piece is named after, see here: https://www.sofurry.com/view/1739683\nWhich isn't to say that this is a sequel to that, or that the events implied in this song are going to be true of the character at any point. This is based on a traditional folk song called \"Fare Thee Well\" or \"Dink's Song.\" It's ultimate source is unknown, but it's speculated to have originally been about a enslaved couple, parted when one of them has been sold away. So I'm thinking that, if this intersects with canonicity at all, this maybe is Shen's go-to song, on evenings, when it's his turn to sing something.","content":"If I had wings like Noah's dove\n\nI'd fly up the river to the one I love.\n\nI'd fly up the river. Wouldn't stay around\n\nWhere I got troubles to hold me down.\n\nI'd say farewell, all my troubles,\n\nFare thee well.\n\nI got no money for to buy my meal.\n\nOh my honey, I know just how you feel.\n\nOh poor honey, don't you wait for me.\n\nYou fly the river, where you're gonna be free.\n\nAnd say farewell, poor honey,\n\nFare thee well.\n\nI got no money, couldn't get no sleep.\n\nCan't get no water for to wash my feet.\n\nCan't get no water, for my throat so dry.\n\nAin't no more river for me to fly.\n\nSing farewell, my honey\n\nFare thee well.\n\nIf I had wings I'd rise above.\n\nInstead I sit here longing for the one I love\n\nSit here longing, try my best to sing.\n\nBut I'd trade my song in for a pair of wings.\n\nAnd say farewell, my longing\n\nFare thee well.\n\nI remember one evening in the pouring rain.\n\nAnd in my heart, nothing much but pain.\n\nAnd in my heart was a crying shame,\n\nAin't got nobody but my heart to blame.\n\nSay farewell, my heartache,\n\nFare thee well.\n\nI remember one evening it was pouring rain,\n\nNow it ain't never gonna rain again.\n\nNow it ain't never getting off my chest.\n\nGot no place for laying all my grief to rest.\n\nSay farewell, my grieving,\n\nSay farewell.\n\nIf I had wings, like some kinda dove,\n\nI'd be reunited with the one I love.\n\nI'd be reunited, I'd fly away\n\nInto the evening and the cool of day\n\nAnd say farewell, to this prison,\n\nFare thee well.\n\nFor there's a man who's long and tall,\n\nMoves his body like a cannonball,\n\nMoves his body up close to mine.\n\nThat's when I'll know it's gonna all be fine\n\nI'll say farewell, to our sorrows,\n\nFare thee well.\n\nFor there's a man who's strong and broad,\n\nAnd his body's like the peace of God\n\nAnd his body fits my arms so right,\n\nAnd it's forever he's gonna hold me tight.\n\nI'll say farewell, to our troubles,\n\nFare thee well.\n\nAnd there's a river that calls my name.\n\nAnd there's a journey I'm gonna make again.\n\nAnd there's a journey that waits for me,\n\nThat's how I'm knowin that I'm gonna be free\n\nTo say farewell, to my sorrows,\n\nFare thee well.\n\nSome bright morning, before too long,\n\nYou'll come a callin, and find me gone.\n\nYou'll come a callin, and call in vain.\n\nI'll be on the river, where I'll remain\n\nAnd say farewell, to my troubles,\n\nFare thee well.\n\nSure as a bird, flies high above,\n\nLife ain't worth living without the one you love.\n\nAin't worth the living, but it's a fear to die\n\nWith so many troubles still to bid goodbye.\n\nSo farewell, all my troubles,\n\nFare thee well.\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"poetry","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1791885-history-repeats-because-those-who-write-it-write-repetition.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1836567-a-town-called-yesterday.json"}}