Hold still," my father would say, while I held the ship in the bottle and he burned away the strings he'd raised the mast with and set the clipper ship free on its blue putty sea. And I would wait for him, recognizing the tension of that moment when the world in the bottle depended, solely, on me. ... Wishing you a bless and safe day me sweet friend. xo
1929, Annette Hanshaw, Daddy Won't You Please Come Home, Am I Blue, HD 78rpm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CITQeWPYp0I
LYRICS
When night is creepin' And I should be sleepin' in bed If you were peepin' You'd find that I'm weepin' instead
My lovin' daddy left his baby again Said he'd come back, but he forgot to say when Night after night, I'm cryin' Daddy, won't you please come home? Daddy, won't you please come home? I'm so lonesome
No one can fill that vacant chair Home isn't home when you're not there No need to knock, the door is open for you Please, daddy
Even the clock keeps tickin' Daddy, won't you please come home? Daddy, do you have to roam so very long? There's lots of other new sheiks who would like to be sheikin' Haven't slipped yet, but I'm liable to weaken Daddy, daddy, won't you please come home?
Please, daddy Even the clock keeps tickin' Daddy, won't you please come home? Daddy, do you have to roam so very long? There's lots of other new sheiks who would like to be sheikin' Haven't slipped yet, but I'm liable to weaken Daddy, daddy, won't you please come home? "That's All"
