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FROM THE DUST, TO THE CITY, FROM A POOR FAMILY MY BROTHER SISTER AND ME. FATHER DIED WHEN I WAS TWO,
BUT WE MADE IT THROUGH THE HARD TIMES WITH A SMILE.

I GREW UP, I WORKED IN A FACTORY, IN THE SWEAT SHOPS OF THE TWENTIES WE WERE NEVER MAKING PLENTY. BUT HERE I LIE, YEAH I’M HITTING NINETY, YEARS NOT MILES MY FRIEND I’M GOING SLOW AROUND THIS BEND.

AND REMEMBER, REMEMBER ME GOOD, I’VE BEEN A MOTHER TO YOU ALL, A FRIEND, BUT NOW ITS JUST MY TIME TO GO.
REMEMBER, REMEMBER ME GOOD, ALTHOUGH MY CIGARETTES BURNT OUT NOW, YOU CAN HAVE A DRINK FOR ME. AND REMEMBER, REMEMBER ME GOOD, WHEN YOU THROW MY ASHES FROM THE BRIDGE TODAY.

I MARRIED YOUNG, YEAH I HAD A SON, AND THEN ALONG CAME A DAUGHTER HUSBAND DIED TB DISORDER. I COULD NOT STAND, ON MY OWN TWO FEET, SO I GAVE HIM UP FOR BETTER AT LEAST THE TWO OF US COULD EAT.
BUT WE DID IT HARD, ON BREAD AND LARD AND OUR WORN OUT SHOES WERE FILLED WITH FRESH CARDBOARD FOR THE WINTER. BUT HERE I LIE, YEAH I'M HITTING NINETY, YEARS NOT MILES MY FRIEND I’M GOING SLOW AROUND THIS BEND.

AND REMEMBER, REMEMBER ME GOOD, I’VE BEEN A MOTHER TO YOU ALL, YOUR FRIEND BUT NOW IT’S JUST MY TIME TO GO.
REMEMBER, REMEMBER ME GOOD ALTHOUGH MY CIGARETTES BURNT OUT NOW, YOU CAN HAVE A DRINK FOR ME. AND REMEMBER, REMEMBER ME GOOD, WHEN YOU THROW MY ASHES FROM THE BRIDGE TODAY.

AND I’VE BEEN WONDERING HAD THE MAN UPSTAIRS FORGOTTEN, CAUSE’ THESE OLD LEGS DON’T WORK AND MY HAIR IS WHITE LIKE COTTON AND WILL THE MAGGIES' WIN THE PREMIERSHIP MAYBE THIS YEAR?

REMEMBER, REMEMBER ME GOOD, I’VE BEEN A MOTHER TO YOU ALL, YOUR FRIEND BUT NOW IT’S JUST MY TIME TO GO.
REMEMBER, REMEMBER ME GOOD, ALTHOUGH MY CIGARETTES BURNT OUT NOW, YOU CAN HAVE A DRINK FOR ME. AND REMEMBER, REMEMBER ME GOOD, WHEN YOU THROW MY ASHES FROM THE BRIDGE TODAY.