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HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE

by John Coopey

Monday 23rd August 2021 7:48 am

He was a friend of mine

Carried me home when I fell behind their lines

He was a friend of mine

I met his family

Shared their meal and sipped their tea

I carried their photo in my wallet round with me

I met his family

He was a friend of mine

Sometimes we shared a skin of wine

He drove me to the airport where I left him behind

He was a friend of mine

I saw them on the news

Lost in the melee and the queues

Holding out his papers, his kids had lost their shoes

I saw them on the news.

He was a friend of mine

We promised not to leave him but we left him behind.

He was a friend of mine

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◄ FADED GENES

YOU'RE NEVER ALONE WITH A PHONE ►

Comments

John Coopey

Tue 24th Aug 2021 15:38

Thanks,MC. I deliberately chose simplicity of language and melody which shadowed the original.

M.C. Newberry

Tue 24th Aug 2021 15:09

Plaintive - well suited to the subject.

John Coopey

Mon 23rd Aug 2021 21:43

Thanks for the Likes. Stephen Atkinson, Stephen Gospage and Holden.

John Coopey

Mon 23rd Aug 2021 14:07

Thanks, Tom. As I said on your own post, shameful indeed.
And you’re right about it being a Bob Dylan song. But a cover. It is much older than His Bobness.

Tom Harding

Mon 23rd Aug 2021 13:30

Lovely. The folk process in operation. I like the appropriation of the song in this context. Bob Dylan would be proud.

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