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Middle Child's Lament

from Gleaner's Joy by Forrest VanTuyl

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A conversation between a father and a son in the first moments before the dawn.

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Son where are you going in the hour of morn,
son where are you going before the day is born?
Goin’ to see my lover in the hour of morn,
goin’ to see my own true love, graceful unadorned

Son you see the springtime, see the springtime come
son you see the fields are full of work yet to be done

Well let the fields lie fallow, let the rabbit run
damn you plow for I am bound to the arms of my true love

if you were my youngest I’d plead your mother’s heart
if you were my oldest I’d tear myself apart

go on to your lover be she near of far,
go on to your lover and forget who you are

travel this world over, gain what you may gain,
weigh what you’ll be wanting, the losing of your name

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from Gleaner's Joy, released March 5, 2021

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Forrest VanTuyl Goldendale, Washington

Forrest VanTuyl is a Western songwriter, poet, and working cowboy based in the Inland Northwest. His work has been featured in the New York Times, at The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, and he has written music for the US Forest Service.

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