Last Goodbye - Tony Gardner

The old man died in Saskatoon
His home for many a year
He sleeps beneath the prairie moon
Canadian friends are near

His spirit flew the day he died
Back to his childhood home
Back to the Guernsey countryside
Where once he loved to roam

It danced along the Jerbourg Road
Sang as it gambolled on
Re-living memories of old
Recalled from days long gone

It flew across the rugged coast
Above the sun-gold gorse
And spied the little fishing boats
Safe in the tiny port

From Saints it passed until it flowed
To where La Gran' Mere guards
The age-old church where long ago
His life was giv'n to God

His spirit satisfied at last
By memories richly strewn
Returned across the ocean blast
To rest in Saskatoon

Tony Gardner