David Mansfield / Kate and Anna McGarrigle - Ballad for Little Jo

My sweet son, the blue of night is falling
I can’t be by your side
Only son, it’s hard to take the leaving
But for your sake I’ll die

In my hand is a silver dagger
If you need my life
In my heart like a thorn of gold
Ever you abide

And it’s true the life that I am leading
The law will not allow
And it’s true, that even though it could change
I would not change it now

In this wild place where the roads end
I’ve been both lost and free
My hands are hard but so strong
They touch more tenderly

Laddie baby; boy I leave behind me
The man I’ll never see
In my dreams, I dream that you are with me
Constantly