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Place Called "Used To Be Home"

from Connections by Ginger Ackley

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I remember how hard it was on my family to move, even if it was just across town. I imagine, for a young person leaving their home for a new country half way across the world, all the times Mum said, "Shut the door!" or "Close that window" would echo in the heart as they were walking down the road...

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The rain at the window looked like it was crying
And we said goodbye as the geese they were a-flying.
The little old town where we all started out.
The place called "Used To Be Home."
Oh, Mama! Oh, Papa! I still remember
The way that old door used to rub upon the eave
And I wonder, I wonder if you closed all the windows.
Did you lock all the doors when it came time to leave?

Sometimes it was the land and the crops that were a-dying
Sometimes it was a war and we couldn't live in peace
Some times there were no jobs and that's why we had to leave
The place called “Used To Be Home.”
Oh, Mama! Oh, Papa! I still remember
The way that old door used to rub upon the eave
And I wonder, I wonder if you closed all the windows.
Did you lock all the doors when it came time to leave?

We walked down the road and Papa pulled the wagon
and baby sister slept as we went towards the sea.
The wind sang a song of the journey to come
And a new place we would call Home.
Oh, Mama! Oh, Papa! I still remember
The way that old door used to rub upon the eave
And I wonder, I wonder if you closed all the windows.
Did you lock all the doors when it came time to leave?

We traveled on a ship with so many, many others,
Across the ocean wide to a place we didn't know
And we came to Ellis Island and they wrote.down all our names
In America, our new home!
Oh, Mama! Oh, Papa! I still remember
The way that old door used to rub upon the eave
And I wonder, I wonder if you closed all the windows.
Did you lock all the doors when it came time to leave?

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from Connections, released May 1, 2014

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Ginger Ackley Cleveland, Ohio

Starting out in Texas, Ginger made it to Ohio as quickly as she could! Her music is full of magic and stories, seasoned with a love of folk and Celtic music. Her penny whistles often accompany her, too!

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