A Day Like Today

A Day Like Today - Emily Smith

On a day like today my love sailed away

Over the sea tae his homeland

Not fortune nor gold could he find in this world

And I did despair at his goin' goin

I did despair at his goin

Twas six months and three he spent here wi' me

But the last he spent secretly knowin'

That one day he'd board the ship at the shore

And I would despair at his goin' goin'

I would despair at his goin'

When he first came tae me his bride for tae be

He'd promised me a life of good livin'

But now he has gone I know I was wrong

To want more than he would be givin' givin'

To want more than he would be givin'

So now as I stand my son at my hand

I think of the life he may lead

No father has he but a man he will be

For I'll raise him with all that he till need till need

I'll raise him with all that he till need