Bessie Mae

Music and lyrics by Jeffrey Robert Adams

© 2008, 2013 Jeffrey Robert Adams
℗ 2013 Bucketstomp Productions
All Rights Reserved

She made it through a tumultuous time alone
And didn’t know what it was all about
But soon to know and never had a doubt
When the war was over, he would soon be coming home

Home -
Coming home
Home -
Coming home

June wedding, it was 1945
Then seemed that it would always be
So many people in the family -
So many people that then were still alive

Still alive

(chorus)
I will never forget you, Bessie Mae
What can I say to you to indicate my love
Continues on for you, and I remember
And I think about those days, my Bessie Mae

Forty-nine years then passed
When I came by and sought her
She had lost her oldest daughter
And I thought
That the matter was with implications
What she brought
Before me was no explanation
Just a mystery to solve

Just a mystery to solve

(repeat chorus)
Continues on for you, and I remember
And I think about those days, my Bessie Mae (x3)