Where Memories Linger

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Where Memories Linger WRITTEN BY Kim Konikow

Back and Forth

(A Ghost Story) – Lyrics Red Rock Rondo - Zion Canyon Song Cycle In the year Jesse James robbed his first bank And Butch Cassidy was born Three little girls went to ride the swing In the frontier town of Grafton The ’62 flood and the Indian wars Were not enough to kill them They loved to go swing back and forth As long as God was willing Lizzie went with Lettie and Sarah To ride the swing at the old cotton gin She swung back and forth with Sara in her lap Then said, “Run home just as fast as you can” Before Sarah got home she heard and awful crash The old log at the top had come down They dressed Lizzie and Lettie in long white dresses And Sarah saw them laid in the ground Back and forth, forth and back they swing Back and forth, forth and back, can’t change a thing Now they surely know It’s their fate to go Back and forth from one world to the other The year Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs Vilo Demille was playing Run Sheepie Run The children of Grafton ran to hide While she shut her eyes, then she opened them wide And saw two pale girls in long white dresses Hair clear down to their waist She tried to give chase but they went through the fence And disappeared into space Back and forth, forth and back we come Back and forth, forth and back we go From one world to the other Through the veil between Back and forth we go to one another Back and forth we come Back and forth we go © 2006 Phillip Bimstein

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